Consider This: Senior Citizens (Part 1) - Rethinking Modern Elderly Care

The Government is planning to enact a Senior Citizens Act to better protect the welfare and rights of the elderly, which may include penalties for people who send their elderly parents to care facilities or old folks’ homes. But how should we be thinking about elderly care in the modern age-where is the intersection of government policy and filial piety? On this episode of Consider This, Melisa Idris speaks to Associate Professor Dr Rahimah Ibrahim, Deputy Director of Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing) under UPM.