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Stay stubborn and keep healthy: Lessons from my mother on ageing in place
Living independently, with purpose, and by your own rules is key to longevity.
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Having a sense of purpose is essential to ageing well.
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SINGAPORE – My 85-year-old mother lives alone in her own house in Kuala Lumpur, with only a twice-weekly cleaner and the occasional pop-by nephew or niece for company. Before you rush to sign me up for the Asia’s Most Unfilial Daughter contest, let me point out that I have invited her to come live with my husband and me in Singapore. Several times.
Her answer is always a resounding “no”. Why not, I asked.
