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Is Singapore’s healthcare primed for a bigger, older population?
Singaporeans are living longer, but there are challenges such as a lack of healthcare workers to take care of seniors.
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A big part of Singapore’s healthcare, especially senior care, depends on foreign workers.
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Kelvin Tan
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Singapore was named the sixth Blue Zone in the world in the Netflix series Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones. This means it is a city with one of the highest life expectancies across the globe.
The other five zones are in places like Okinawa, Japan, where people live long lives due to a plant-based diet and a culture embodying a relaxed, holistic approach to living. High-achieving Singapore is not like that, but won its place in the longevity list due to policies that encourage and enable healthier behaviours that lead to longer lives.
