Why these youngsters are making senior care their business

The old cannot take care of the old. The young need to do it, says Ang who co-founded Masoc Care after seeing how ill-equipped Malaysia is to face its rapidly ageing population. Photos: Masoc Care

Nicole Lee still tears up when she thinks about the last leg of her late grandfather’s life. A cheerful man by nature, the nonagenarian had become a shell of his former self after he was diagnosed with dementia in his 90s. And, her biggest regret? That she didn’t know how to best care for him in the years before he passed away.

“Do you know what it’s like to see your loved one suffering? When you want to truly help them but don’t know how and don’t have the support or knowledge to do so? That’s what I went through with my granddad.