By Yasmin Ramlan PETALING JAYA, Feb 11 — An expert has recommended expanding community-based care and mobile caregiving services in Petaling Jaya to enhance support for senior citizens. Selangor Care Economy advisory committee member Khadijah Alavi said elderly individuals who continue living...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — An elderly man narrowly escaped death when his car plunged from the third-floor parking lot of an apartment after he accidentally stepped on the accelerator while parking.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 10 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has announced that senior citizens aged 60 and above with at least one listed chronic illness can receive the influenza vaccine for free starting February 18.

KULIM, Feb 9 — The National Influenza Immunisation Programme for senior citizens is set to begin on February 18.

PHNOM PENH, Jan 26 — A big concern lurking in the background of Asean's economic prosperity, besides climate change, is the declining birth and fertility rates which could disturb its growth prospects.

By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, Jan 17 — Malaysian youths have expressed their concerns that raising the retirement age in favour of the older generations could limit job opportunities for fresh graduates and create unfair competition in the job market. Instead, they urged the government to...

By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, Jan 15 — The Selangor government will introduce a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) framework in collaboration with the private sector to promote gender equality in hiring practices. State executive councillor for women empowerment and welfare Anfaal Saari...

By Yasmin Ramlan  KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — Increasing workforce inclusion by integrating more women and older generations is vital for the economy, said World Bank senior economist Shakira Teh Sharifuddin.  She said there is a need to acknowledge and appreciate the skills and experiences of...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Dec 24 — Senior citizen activity centres (PAWEs) will be set up in each of Selangor’s parliamentary constituencies in stages from next year to improve the group’s quality of life. State executive councillor for women empowerment and welfare Anfaal Saari said the...

TUMPAT, Dec 1 — The police have confirmed that two elderly men drowned while monitoring their livestock in two villages in Machang today, bringing flood-related fatalities in Kelantan to five.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Nov 19 — Funds for senior citizens, including for the construction of two more Senior Citizen Activity Centres (PAWEs) next year, will support younger generations’ health as the country becomes an ageing society. Lembah Jaya assemblyman Syed Ahmad Abdul Rahman...

SHAH ALAM, Nov 1 — The state government has established a Special Committee on the Improvement of Care Services to review, evaluate and improve laws related to care services for children, the elderly, and the disabled in Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Malaysia must intensify efforts to promote active ageing as the country moves towards becoming an aged country, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Elderly individuals are strongly encouraged to receive the influenza vaccine to protect themselves against severe infections, said respiratory medicine specialist Dr Roslina Abdul Manap.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — A total of 1,916 elderly individuals aged 61 and above fell victim to online scams during the first eight months of this year, resulting in losses amounting to RM255,367,680.39.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — A foreign man has been remanded for seven days starting today to assist in the investigation of a robbery and rape involving an elderly woman at a condominium in Cyberjaya.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — The police have arrested a foreign man and seized a wallet and mobile phone belonging to a victim who claimed to have been robbed and raped by the suspect at a condominium in Cyberjaya yesterday.

SHAH ALAM, Aug 7 — Two men, including a disabled senior citizen, sustained burns in a fire involving two houses in Kampung Delek Baru, Klang, this morning.

GEORGE TOWN, July 30 — Malaysia needs to navigate the challenges of an ageing nation effectively and compassionately, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

TAIPING, July 26 — A labourer recently sentenced to prison and whipping for fraud related to the eKasih assistance programme was once again brought before two Magistrate's Courts today for similar offences.