Health authorities and social workers urged the public to pay more care and attention to elderly people living alone, especially during the Lunar New Year holiday, when families get together for feasting and revelry.
There are more than 42,000 elderly people nationwide who live alone with no family or caretaker to look after them, Ministry of Health and Welfare officials said on Friday.
They need someone to regularly check their health and living conditions, the ministry added.
The latest data from the ministry showed that there were 42,603 senior citizens living alone at the end of the third quarter last year, an
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