No one should die alone, and be left undiscovered for weeks
Apart from tackling reclusiveness, we should also look at shoring up companionship in the last moments
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Beyond governmental and policy changes, the biggest impact must come from community action to tackle social isolation problems, says the author.
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Sng Hock Lin
Recent news of a reclusive pair – an elderly man and his mother – who were found dead in a flat sent shockwaves across Singapore.
It spoke volumes of the decline in neighbourly relations and raises questions over whether we have failed our seniors as a society.
