‘Stricter laws, subsidies to curb abandonment of the elderly’


Better enforcement needed: (From left) Chai, Dr Wong and Delren.

PETALING JAYA: Geriatric experts are warning families that their failure to pay for elder care is becoming a serious problem, calling for stronger enforcement and government support to prevent what they describe as a form of abandonment.

Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing senior research officer Chai Sen Tyng said the government should consider introducing long-term care insurance to ease the financial strain on welfare homes.

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