aged care home Archives

30 November 2023

Pacific Senior Living Launches Senior Living Residence In Klang

Pacific Senior Living's first senior living residence, Acacia, in Klang features a resort-like ambience, state-of-the-art medical facilities, and premium services for those aged 60 and older. The property has a swimming pool, heated jacuzzi, BBQ area, etc.

24 May 2023

Malaysia

Industry: Senior Citizens Bill May Not Be Suitable For Regulating Care Homes

Industry players agree on the need for increased regulation and oversight of private care facilities, but opinions differ on whether separate legislation or the Senior Citizens Bill is the appropriate vehicle for this.

17 March 2023

Malaysia

Seniors Consider Alternative Housing Options In Ipoh

Residents at GreenAcres Retirement Village in Ipoh, Perak, speak about living “independently” as they age. Total Investment ED talks about government incentives for senior living.

15 March 2023

Malaysia

Proposed Senior Citizens Bill May Impose Penalties For Sending Elderly Parents To Care Homes

The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry supports a proposed penalty for sending parents to care homes, despite having the means to care for them.

24 November 2022

Malaysia

How Much ‘Comfortable’ Caregiving Cost My Family

My late grandfather, who died in 2016, was diagnosed with stroke, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. His total medical costs over 4.5 years totalled RM900,000, including the cost of caring for him at home and RM12,000 monthly for care at a facility.

6 November 2022

Malaysia

Inflation Hits Seputeh Care Home, Can’t Raise Fees For Equally Struggling Residents

St. Mary’s Aged Home says some residents don’t pay fees for two to three months, amid the care facility's rising costs in rent, food, electricity, and medical devices.

20 October 2022

Malaysia

Selgate Healthcare Signs MoU With Dawjie For Senior Living Complex

The merger will look into a joint exploration to extend Selgate Healthcare and Dawjie’s services to encourage health and wellness among senior citizens in Malaysia.

17 May 2021

Malaysia

AstraZeneca Vaccination Opens May 23, Only For Above-60s

Only 475,984 people under Phase Two of PICK have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, or 5% of the targeted 9.4 million high-risk individuals.

20 October 2020

Letter

Ageing Population: Catalyst For Health Care-Social Care Nexus — Jason Loh

One idea which we could explore is a pilot scheme where care homes could be located next to hospital(s).

20 July 2020

Malaysia

Covid-19 Cluster Hits Kluang Aged Care Home

The positive cases in the aged home cluster comprise 11 elderly residents, one worker, and one family member, while one resident died.

Tag: aged care home

Pacific Senior Living Launches Senior Living Residence In Klang

Industry: Senior Citizens Bill May Not Be Suitable For Regulating Care Homes

Seniors Consider Alternative Housing Options In Ipoh

Proposed Senior Citizens Bill May Impose Penalties For Sending Elderly Parents To Care Homes

How Much ‘Comfortable’ Caregiving Cost My Family

Inflation Hits Seputeh Care Home, Can’t Raise Fees For Equally Struggling Residents

Selgate Healthcare Signs MoU With Dawjie For Senior Living Complex

AstraZeneca Vaccination Opens May 23, Only For Above-60s

Ageing Population: Catalyst For Health Care-Social Care Nexus — Jason Loh

Covid-19 Cluster Hits Kluang Aged Care Home

DPAM Plans Masterclass For Health Professionals To Reduce Dengue Deaths

University Opposition Swells Against Amending Medical Act For Parallel Pathway

Hisham Didn’t Have A ‘Split Personality’ As Health DG, MMC President: Lawyers

UiTM Willing To ‘Temporarily’ Open Up Cardiothoracic Surgery Postgrad Programme To Non-Bumi Parallel Pathway Trainees, Graduates: Professor

A Rebuttal To Parallel Pathway Opponents — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam