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Will I be able to find a caregiver like Ah Mi when I get old?

One in four Singaporeans will be over 65 by 2030. Besides building the ‘hardware’ of eldercare, Singapore needs to do more about the ‘software’ – for the sake of its people and the foreign workers we lean on for caregiving.

Ong Soh Chin

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Jan 18, 2023, 05:00 AM

Mum died last month.

I mourn her passing but I am also thankful she is no longer in pain. At a frail 93, her quality of life had not been good the past few years.

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