In Malaysia, ageing in place is still a long way off


Many elderly end up having to leave their homes and communities because there is a lack of support services to provide them with the care they need.- Pexels

PULLOUT QUOTE: "We are forcing people out of their homes because there are no services there to enable them to live independently or to get services to where they are living.” - Prof Rahimah Ibrahim

IT was just a day like any other when Assoc Prof Rahimah Ibrahim received a call from her mother telling her that her 77-year-old father had fallen and had to be hospitalised.

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