Malaysia's nursing homes

Day three in the afternoon, when the bell rings, old people will be sitting in twos and threes to the round table. Nuns began distributing tea and banana leaf wrapped rice dumplings. Laughing old men spent the afternoon in time for snacks.
It is located in a nursing home, outside Kuala Lumpur. It is managed by the Catholic Church. With arts and crafts room, bed-ridden old room, and persons with disabilities and other special canteens. The old daily tai chi, singing, playing, doing crafts. Eighty Erweilaoren living in this nursing home, they average age of 80 years, two females and 50 males 30 people.
Nursing homes is to operate entirely on philanthropist. 7 volunteer doctors turn to older people see a doctor. Enter nursing homes for the elderly, do not pay any fees.
Government Social Welfare Department as a model nursing homes this home is perfect to promote the work of state-run nursing home. The current situation of the eight nursing homes were investigated. Survey, the total number up to 2450 host of the nursing home were in fact only taken in 1,776 people. Due to inadequate publicity and asylum system is incomplete, finally built up the facilities are not fully effective.
In Malaysia, more than ever for the family, taking care of the elderly by family members. However, due to the rapid development of urbanization and the emergence of nuclear families, the elderly are left unattended in the village, the phenomenon of increasing. As the average life expectancy in Malaysia is relatively low, three-year-old women 70, men 60 eight-year-old (1997 Statistics), the Government provides that retirement age is generally 50 years old. Malaysia, the absolute number of oldest old in almost doubling over the past two decades, accounting for six per cent of the total population is projected to 2020 this ratio could rise to around 10 percent.
Social Welfare Department official said: "In the past administrative services for the elderly, mainly for the implementation of the poverty level., We look at the Japanese and Swedish institutions, civil society and non-governmental organizations with the power, is perfecting a comprehensive welfare system for senior citizens. "
Last year in January in Kuala Lumpur city opened a medical center for the elderly. The limit of the center number 70 people, currently have dementia, 40 stroke patients and persons with disabilities who moved into this medical center. Although access to the center of the elderly do not have the required lump-sum payment, but under different circumstances, had to pay a fee each month.