Why two well-off dementia patients with private homes have been abandoned by relatives

Nursing homes have been referring suitable cases to SNTC for assistance so people with assets can enjoy better care. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
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SINGAPORE - Two retirees live alone but both women have more than enough means to enable them to live out their old age in considerable comfort. 

Having money alone is, however, no defence against the setbacks life can throw at us if we do not make plans for ourselves.

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