It is so sad to live alone, and die with no one else to look after them in their old age. The kampong spirit is not lacking here, as evidenced by those living around her did not know of her demise...........................
(27-03-2023, 09:25 PM)debono Wrote: It is so sad to live alone, and die with no one else to look after them in their old age. The kampong spirit is not lacking here, as evidenced by those living around her did not know of her demise...........................
Next time, all elderly living alone will need to have a trace together app to check-in daily. If one day never log in, ambulance will visit to check mati or not.
>Other residents told Shin Min that the woman used to live with her elder sister until the latter died. According to them, the sister’s children never visited her.<
the nephew and niece would probably show up now.
Holland Drive unit chow chow half a $$ million
(This post was last modified: 27-03-2023, 10:19 PM by limpeh394.)
(27-03-2023, 10:18 PM)limpeh394 Wrote: >Other residents told Shin Min that the woman used to live with her elder sister until the latter died. According to them, the sister’s children never visited her.<
the nephew and niece would probably show up now.
Holland Drive unit chow chow half a $$ million
When the old lady dies, suddenly all the nephews and nieces come to claim their shares................
(27-03-2023, 10:06 PM)starbugs Wrote: Next time, all elderly living alone will need to have a trace together app to check-in daily. If one day never log in, ambulance will visit to check mati or not.
I believe "next time" we will see cheap humanoid robots providing companionship and doing chores now done by domestic helpers and caregivers.
So dying alone will be a thing of the past in 15-25 years time.
Just need to install a simple motion-detection device, which would trigger off the alarm if no motion detected for certain hrs. Can be integrated with fire and co alarm.
(27-03-2023, 11:16 PM)sgxin Wrote: I believe "next time" we will see cheap humanoid robots providing companionship and doing chores now done by domestic helpers and caregivers.
So dying alone will be a thing of the past in 15-25 years time.
(27-03-2023, 11:51 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: Just need to install a simple motion-detection device, which would trigger off the alarm if no motion detected for certain hrs. Can be integrated with fire and co alarm.
I surfaced some of such tech then when I was in healthcare. But it poised a couple of issues, privacy and technology fears etc. More importantly, I think they top brass more interested in getting volunteers (close to foc) to service the folks as well as other more glamorous kpis bah..
Elderlies mostly with chronic ills and require medicine. Just need an auto med dispenser with a screen and schedule them to take med via video call to check in with them. Govt can pick up the tab for all these simple tech lah...