Know any women living close to 100 yrs.?

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There was something in the paper yesterday about Saskatchewan having the highest number of centenarians in Canada. The number per capita here is almost double that of the rest of the country on average. No-one could quite figure out why.
People who do live to 100 tend to not have the chronic ailments of people who die 20 or 30 years sooner. No dementia, for example. Since not all of them had healthy habits, and many had equally long-lived relatives, it's thought to be something heriditary to do with telemeres and cell division.
My worry would be running out of money. It's hard enough to save for a retirement that theoretically lasts 20-25 years, let alone 40 or more.

Yea, I worry about money running out when living so long. I know a good face to face friend who is in her mid-70's and her money is getting tight. She's been single most of her life, no children. Ironically she was a professional librarian specializing in geriatric medicine and gerontology (sociology of aging) in the latter 2 decades of her career.

Somehow it doesn't surprise me about Saskatchewan...it's agriculture based but probably have people there who know their communities/people really well ..and for support.

Dearie's mother lived to 93. Her last 3 years were not great, with last 2 in nursing home, which is pretty good and indicator of her reasonably ok health up to then with a heart condition under control since her 40's. She cooked and ate healthy in the latter 45 yrs. of her life. I'm so glad to have known someone like her to understand how important it is to have the right attitude and good habits when living quite long.

I believe it is my parents' generation that is living longer than their predecessors. My grandparents on both sides died in their 60's-70's..China's health care system at their time was not great.