Senior housing: Why not assisted living units in every HDB block?

There’s no shortage of housing for seniors; the missing link is designing living options to deliver care and connectedness to them as they get frail.

The show flat for Community Care Apartments at HDB Hub. The units come bundled with services and activities to support seniors as they age. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Seniors who live alone, dying unattended in their flats with no one knowing until neighbours notice the stench of their decomposing bodies.

Seniors who live with family members, feeling lonely because family members are at work, or useless because they aren’t expected to do anything.

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