An ageing society tests more than our healthcare system
It asks whether we can design economies and cultures that recognise people across the full arc of longer lives.
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An ageing society tests more than healthcare systems. It also tests how economies function and how labour markets adapt.
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Lily Kong
Months before she passed away some years ago, my mother received a letter informing her that she had been credited with $500 under Singapore’s SkillsFuture programme. She was in her very late 80s.
Some might wonder why someone her age should be receiving SkillsFuture credits. I did too. But what I witnessed offered a perspective that had not occurred to me until then.
