11 November 2022
Without a full-time doc at Klinik Desa Air Kuning, elderly residents must travel over 15 km to the nearest public hospital for treatment, says PSM’s Ayer Kuning candidate Bawani KS.
Tag: aged care
9 November 2022
PH’s GE15 manifesto contains much more substantive proposals to reform health, social and aged care that, crucially, address systemic issues, compared to business-as-usual PN and wholly apathetic BN.
7 November 2022
Howard Lee says the multi-cornered contests in GE15, involving parties that have been in government at some point, bring a new paradigm of focusing on policies instead of politics and alliances.
6 November 2022
Dr Kelvin Yii says a care economy will help increase female participation in the workforce, as women are often informal caregivers to their parents and children.
6 November 2022
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.
4 November 2022
20 seniors at St. Mary’s Aged Home in Taman Halimahton in Seputeh, KL, find it near impossible to vote in GE15 due to crowded polling stations and needing family and friends to get them there.
3 November 2022
Pakatan Harapan’s GE15 manifesto should be welcomed as a recognition of the real (but often ignored) problems that Malaysians are facing now with health, and social and aged care.
2 November 2022
PH’s plans for aged care includes an agency or department for older persons and an elderly protection scheme under Socso.
20 October 2022
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.
18 October 2022
Malaysia needs a national blueprint for ageing that covers health, income, savings, housing and transport, says Khairy Jamaluddin.