Healthy when young, healthy when old


KUALA LUMPUR: Staying healthy from an early age keeps the nursing home at bay – that is the message from the Health Ministry and aged care specialists.

They have urged Malaysians to put serious efforts into caring for their physical and mental health in order to reduce the need for nursing care in old age.

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