Work has kept me alive says world's oldest woman, 118

A French nun believed to be the oldest woman alive following the death of 119-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka has attributed her longevity to hard work.

France's Sister Andre, who is aged 118, said today she would now like to beat the record of oldest person ever and that work and caring for others had long kept her spry.

"People say that work kills, for me work kept me alive, I kept working until I was 108," the Catholic nun told reporters in the tea-room of the Saint-Catherine-Laboure nursing home in Toulon.

Although she is now blind and gets around in a wheelchair, she used to care for other elderly people much younger than herself.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0426/1294448-sister-andre-france/