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Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages
Item Type: Newsletter
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Year: 00/06/2025
Abstract: As Malaysia transitions to an aging society, the government is prioritizing the "Ageing Nation Agenda" within the 13th Malaysia Plan (RMK-13). This initiative is designed to create a robust social safety net for older persons, ensuring they live in an inclusive and supportive environment. To this end, the Government is developing the National Strategic Framework and Plan of Action for the Care Industry 2026-2030.
The National Agenda for a Healthy Malaysia (ANMS) is a key initiative to promote healthy lifestyles and create a health-conscious environment.
Our goal is to reduce the overall burden of diseases while promoting a culture of health and wellness within our communities.
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Enhancing family institution towards addressing population ageing
Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
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Year: 00/00/2012
Abstract: Malaysia will be aged by the year 2030. The objective of National Policy for Older Persons, 2011 is to enhance the respect for and self-worth of the elderly in family, society and nation at the same time to develop the potential of the elderly so that they remain active and productive in national development and to create opportunities for them to continue to live independently and to encourage the establishment and the provision of specific facilities to ensure the care and protection of the elderly. The areas of Plan of Action: Promotion and Advocacy, Lifelong Learning, Safety and Protection, Governance and Shared Reasonability, Involvement and Intergenerational Solidarity, Research and Development.
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Elderly population
Item Type: Newsletter
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Year: 00/01/2009
Abstract: The total population of the elderly (aged 60 and above) in Malaysia has reached to 2 million, that is 7 per cent out of the total of 27.6 million population. The proportion of the elderly is expected to exceed 10 per cent around the year 2025. Finding from the MPFS-4 focussed on living arrangements, elderly care, loneliness, community involvement, economic activities, sources of financial support and health status of the elderly. Data for this study was drawn from responses of a total of 1,866 elderly.
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