SOME nursing homes here are reporting a rising number of people defaulting on the bill for their parents' stay amid this recession.

The Straits Times spoke to five organisations which run nursing homes. Four are charities which say unpaid bills are a perennial problem, but the economic funk has made it worse.

They say this recession has made collecting payment especially tough, compared to previous downturns.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.