Largesse of life fades but caring family and community endure

The largess of life will soon fade, but relationships will prevail. [iStockphoto]

In the last few years, as the 6th floor approaches, this column occasionally focuses on ageing and preparing for the inevitability of that season of life.

In this regard I wish to share some experiences that my chama and I had when we visited beautiful Cape town, to, in Kenya's lingua, "benchmark" on the concept of retirement communities. The latter is considerably developed in South Africa with Cape town registering hundreds of retirement communities representing all economic and social cadre.