Senior citizens prefer to ‘age in place’


MOST senior citizens in Malaysia do not wish to move from their current residence.

This shows that older persons prefer to “age in place”, or remain living in a community with some level of independence rather than in residential care, says former Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, whose senatorship ended on June 24.

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