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When Home, Family and Healthcare Pull in Different Directions

For generations, caring for older relatives has been deeply rooted in Nigerian culture. Parents grow old surrounded by their children…

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Sam EFERARO
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Ageing in Diaspora: Choices and challenges

Having examined retirement policies in the United States in previous articles, this article now considers how Nigerian senior citizens age…

Sam EFERARO
Sam EFERARO
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Why Falls Pose a Silent Threat to Older Nigerians

Renowned nationalist, lawyer, statesman and first Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in the bathroom of…

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Sam EFERARO

The Nigerian Experience in America

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Sam EFERARO

Health Care: The Odds Against Nigeria’s Older People

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Sam EFERARO
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