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18 August 2026

Letter

What Does Dignity Look Like? — Sharifah Tahir

Dignity applies to disability, ageing, and any situation where a person’s worth may become less visible because of what they cannot or can no longer do, or because their contributions are not socially valued.

7 August 2026

Letter

Beyond Licensing: One Ecosystem For Caregiver Standards, Registration, Governance — Kendana

Until caregiver standards, facility licensing, and local authority approval are treated as one connected system, certifying caregivers alone will not prevent tragedies from occurring.

3 June 2026

Malaysia

Malaysia Mulls Mandatory National Insurance For Long-Term Care

Malaysia is studying the establishment of a national insurance scheme for long-term care like Japan and Singapore, with potentially mandatory contributions of RM100 monthly base premiums to fund aged care. A pilot may begin in 2027 with civil servants.

22 May 2026

Opinion

Malaysia Must Invest In Ageing-At-Home Framework

Malaysia must provide grants for age-friendly home renovations, subsidised installation of accessibility modifications, caregiver allowances, and incentives for employers to support workers if policymakers expect families to care for older parents at home.

8 May 2026

Opinion

When Care Breaks Down At Home: Malaysia’s Hidden Crisis Of Dependent Ageing

Malaysia’s true elder care workforce is found in the home, not institutions. These carers are the real frontline of dependent ageing. Yet policy still treats them as informal extensions of family duty, rather than essential components of the care system.

24 April 2023

Malaysia

Senior Citizens Bill: ‘Who Will Take Care Of Care Partners?’

Care partners caring for parents with dementia, cancer, or gout say the Senior Citizens Bill shouldn't penalise adult children who send parents to care homes. They want more assistance instead; one had to quit his job in KL to care for his father in Sabah.

14 March 2023

Malaysia

Experts Moot Aged Care Fund, ‘Living Will’ To Ease Caregiving Burden

Galen CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib proposes an aged care fund starting at age 45, while UM geriatrician Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin suggests written advance care directives.

2 June 2020

Malaysia

Nearly Half Of Malaysians Lack Health Coverage Beyond Public Care

Outpatient health care formed the biggest component of out-of-pocket expenditure, according to NHMS 2019.

Tag: caregiving

What Does Dignity Look Like? — Sharifah Tahir

Beyond Licensing: One Ecosystem For Caregiver Standards, Registration, Governance — Kendana

Malaysia Mulls Mandatory National Insurance For Long-Term Care

Malaysia Must Invest In Ageing-At-Home Framework

When Care Breaks Down At Home: Malaysia’s Hidden Crisis Of Dependent Ageing

Senior Citizens Bill: ‘Who Will Take Care Of Care Partners?’

Experts Moot Aged Care Fund, ‘Living Will’ To Ease Caregiving Burden

Nearly Half Of Malaysians Lack Health Coverage Beyond Public Care

HSAJB Probes Doctor’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Anaesthesiologist

Malaysian Medical Negligence Damages Still Too Low: Lawyer

Taiping Hospital Medical Officers Drowning Under Cluster Expansions, Zero Housemen — Medical Officer

Why Malaysia’s Health Care Financing Model Is Mathematically Unsustainable

FDS Helicopter Crash Sparks Anger: Indemnity Form, RM30 Allowance