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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Advocates should push political parties and election candidates to address various health issues in GE15 election manifestos, like health care financing, social and aged care, access to abortion, NCDs, tobacco control, HIV/AIDS, and pandemic preparedness.
University of Malaya’s Dr Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman advocates for proactive measures to tackle Malaysia’s ageing crisis, not strategies that simply react to the changing needs of the older demographic.
It is imperative that women lead healthy, meaningful and independent older years so that they can continue to actively contribute to socioeconomic development.