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A Care Manager is the custodian of their client’s – be it the patient or family caregiver – healthcare journey and lead them through the healthcare process. Here, we've outlined [...]
Plucking large amounts of hair may permanently damage the hair follicles and lead to bald spots. [...]
Stair-climbing is a fantastic, free way to get a cardiovascular workout and strengthen muscles in your lower body, without the need for any skill, training or sporting prowess. [...]
High blood cholesterol can affect anyone. Based on the latest 2015 National Health and Morbidity Survey, it is estimated that 47.7% of Malaysian adults 18 years and above have hypercholesterolaemia, [...]
So where does all this information leave us? Well, hopefully with a little less enthusiasm for overdosing on “superfoods” and especially antioxidant supplements – the evidence suggests that they won’t [...]
What can be pretty annoying are things which are extravagantly marketed despite the fact that they cannot possibly match depicted expectations. One such item is a fad called “clean eating” [...]
Did you know mental disorders will be the 2nd biggest health problem in Malaysia by 2020. That is 4.2 million Malaysians having depression and anxiety disorder. Check out the infographic [...]
By Judith Graham, columnist at Kaiser Health News. When Dr. Christopher Callahan examines older patients, he often hears a similar refrain. “I’m tired, doctor. It’s hard to get up and [...]
Experts agree that keeping our brain stimulated and healthy is our best preventive measure to minimise chances of developing the dementia and Alzheimer’s. One of the major factors in doing [...]
IF YOU are a spouse or a caregiver for an elderly person, you may be familiar with instances where your partner or dependent misplaces their personal belongings, repeatedly asks or [...]
KICKING the smoking habit takes months, sometimes years. Some manage to do it the first time they try, others relapse and keep trying again and again. With the proper support [...]
ORAL cancer is usually associated with older patients, although its prevalence is increasing in younger patients. Oral cancer was once the third most common cause of deaths in government hospitals [...]
Advancement in technology is changing care delivery; enabling the ageing populace to enjoy better quality of life and smoother care experience. [...]
Grandma Tan was a picture of hopelessness and remorse as she sat slumped on the chair, staring blankly into space. Had she not been ignorant of wills and trust, Grandma [...]
As you age, looking for housing options is different from looking for a normal property. You need to know the essentials of senior housing and ensure you are getting your [...]
Non-Muslim traditional marriages before 1 March 1982 need not be registered at the Registry of Civil Marriages and would be considered legitimate in the eyes of the law. However, all [...]
Avoiding the subjective feeling of being old is easy. It is simply a matter of continually adapting to new challenges, such as physical and cognitive decline. To do this, we [...]
Asians tend to seek help only at the eleventh hour. Do not wait until things get bad, use counseling sessions as a way to keep their relationships healthy. There is [...]
As a counsellor, I have seen many young adults come in claiming that they are depressed. From my perspective what they might actually be experiencing can be termed as ‘quarter [...]
How often do businesses engage as well as reach out to the matured and elderly? As the population ages, there would be an opportunity for businesses to fill in the [...]
To this group, 60 is but a halfway point in their career for various reasons and for some, it is an opportunity to delve into a new role. Like many [...]
Martin Yan, a certified Master Chef, highly respected food consultant, and a prolific author. He captured the attention, admiration and hearts of millions of fans by spicing up his cooking [...]
Create a united workplace by levelling the playing field and removing any sense of self-hierarchy among employees. [...]
Buying a house is a bit like planning for your wedding day — there are months packed with excitement, stress, planning, and then, finally, the big payoff. When you’ve started [...]
Are your parents protected in their old age? As we grow older, our parents may get progressively weaker. By setting up a trust fund, the fund set aside could be [...]
Financial matters are one of the main sources of conflict among family caregivers. This is especially so when siblings or other family members disagree on how funds are spent. If [...]
In Malaysia, the estimated number of dementia cases is projected to reach 261,000 in 2030 and 509, 000 in 2050. It is prudent that we consider our potential encounter with [...]
When a person passes on without informing anyone about the will he or she has written, the family situation becomes volatile due to inheritance disputes. Situations like this renders having [...]
Affordable housing is more than merely the ability to pay off the house loan. It’s also being able to meet long-term care costs – such as assisted daily living, rehab [...]
The retirement lifestyle is all the rage these days. While choosing either to age in your own home or move into a retirement village is a matter of lifestyle choices [...]
To fully capitalise on the trend of self-directed purchases of services, we need to work out the flaws in our aged care infrastructure – namely our payment options. [...]
Estate planning is not just for the wealthy. It is for anyone who has any level of wealth and wishes to bequeath convenience, comfort and privacy to their loved ones [...]
The rising costs of living is deaf to complaints. We would have to deal with rising costs with real action - action that directly affect our finances and ability to [...]
Years of persistently low interest rates with virtually no prospect of returns have hit security-oriented savers hard. As a result, many are questioning if they can continue to rely on [...]
Why do people keep getting scammed again and again despite the red flags? Some may be inclined to say that if you haven’t learnt your lesson from the first time, [...]
Your retirement fund is critical to ensuring your quality of life and ability to live with dignity as you go down the journey of ageing. Hence, your decisions to make [...]
Investors planning to stay in an aged care facilities in old age should be discipline in taking profits and setting aside some cash for the future. [...]
Advance care planning is important to ensure that your preferred care and old age wishes are met with accordingly and sufficiently for the future. [...]
A woman is so much more than that. They are the backbone of the family and the guardians of wealth, knowledge, values, traditions and the cornerstone of multigenerational unity. [...]
“Australia is one of the most ethnically diverse societies in the world today and as an aged care provider, we need to continue to learn how to cater for such [...]
Witnessed by the Honourable Zoe Bettison, Minister for Ageing, the MOU affirms ACH Group would lend ACG their experience and knowledge in developing senior living housing, aged care facilities and [...]
Taiwan is considered more advanced in its elderly care services and is said to be facing a social time bomb as its population ages. However for a country such as [...]
The MOU between Managedcare and ReGen Rehab International is a cooperative endeavour to achieve specific objectives that enables public to easily find the appropriate care services they may require and [...]
As robotic and artificial-intelligence (AI) systems become more advanced, will they eventually render doctors and nurses obsolete, with patients consulting a computer instead? [...]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) began its 50th birthday meeting in Yokohama this May brooding about growing old. And where better to discuss “Aging Asia” than Japan: where adult diapers [...]
Many have come into contact with the aged care system and are often left wanting, not for lack of the aforementioned reasons, but due to the lack of the necessary [...]
Enforcement is not a box-ticking exercise, checking if you have done this and that and saying if you are breaching the law or not. It comes down to our society’s [...]
Pavilion KL today launched Pavilion Silver Société, a new exclusive program for the silver society targeted at Malaysians 55 years and above. Pavilion KL will endeavour to collaborate with major [...]
