Comment: A silver lining for the golden years – Gulf Digital News

Comment: A silver lining for the golden years – Gulf Digital News

At a recent gathering of friends where we were looking for the oldest couple and the ones who have stayed longest in Bahrain to raise a toast, my husband and I found to our rather horrified amusement that all indicators pointed to both of us.

Yes, as sixty-somethings who had spent close to four decades in Bahrain, we were now the ‘community elders’. It also meant that many of our friends who had made the expat journey easy for us over the years had moved back home while others, like migrating birds, came to Bahrain in the winter and spent a month or three gently partying from their well-appointed service apartments.

What surprises me is that despite year-round sunshine, excellent infrastructure, great lifestyle, good time-zone positioning vis-à-vis east and west and that golden deal-maker for retirees: good healthcare – Bahrain has not leveraged itself as a great place to retire in.