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In <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>ingapore, some may live with an unrelated older person in a public rental apartment. In <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>sia, these older people are associated with increased risks of poor health and social isolation, have poorer social support and a poor quality of life. Few studies have explored why these older people choose such living arrangements, the challenges they encountered and what has helped or may help them overcome these challenges.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>To explore older people's experiences of living independently or with an unrelated older person.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This descriptive qualitative study involved face\u2010to\u2010face interviews with 25 informants, 65 years or older in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>ingapore. 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They attain well\u2010being and quality of life by devising strategies, tapping on their limited external resources and relying on their values to manage their diminishing resources and the foreseeable death.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Implications for nursing and\/or health policy<\/jats:title><jats:p>Understanding older people's experiences may help nurses and health professionals to develop health promotion programmes that support older people's everyday needs and help them to stay healthy. 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