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Death of renowned novelist sparks discussions on elderly support and suicide in Taiwan
EUTHANASIA DEBATE Chiung Yao was reportedly in good health when she made the decision to take her own life. On…
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Silver lining: Tutoring the elderly is growing fast in China
It’s a numbers game. Over the next decade, roughly 300 million Chinese will enter retirement – the equivalent of almost…
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Disco, dogs help Hong Kong’s elderly out of post-COVID isolation
WORLD’S OLDEST CITY Hong Kong is forecast to become the world’s oldest city by 2050, according to the United Nations,…
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Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan’s elderly astray
Among other incorrect answers, Dai-chan said the “G7 foreign ministers’ meeting will be held on Nov 4” rather than the…
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How the rise and fall of an unlikely online influencer triggered a debate about the plight of older people in China
Three-quarters of these fans are women, according to an analysis by Daduoduo.com. Of these, 64 per cent were 50 or…
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‘I was thinking about death’: With solo living on the rise, Belgium worries about loneliness epidemic in seniors
International studies also show that living alone and loneliness in older people can increase the risk of dementia and lead…
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Commentary: Should Singapore worry about a loneliness epidemic among seniors?
We also quantified, for the first time, the impact of loneliness on life expectancy among older adults, using data from…
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