The Ivory Coast saw its first retirement home open its doors in September. Two months later, the private establishment is still devoid of residents in a country where the elderly taditionally rely on their family members to look after them. At a time when they are much more in need of family members, asking them to withdraw and go further away strikes them as something new and difficult," says Arnaud Dayoro, a sociologist and specialist in ageing. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES