KUWAIT: Law To Prevent Leaving Parents In Seniors Homes

KUWAIT (Kuwait Times), February 18, 2006: A number of lawmakers are expected to suggest a draft bill aimed at preventing people leaving their elderly parents in senior citizens' homes as alternatives to providing car at home, it was reported today. The sources underlined that the bill aims to promote family values. The bill will state that people sending parents to such places would be fined a certain amount of money that would be doubled if the parent remained in the home a year after the first fine. © ALL RIGHT RESERVED KUWAIT TIMES NEWSPAPER, KUWAIT