A study on the viable regulatory model governing elderly care in Malaysia / Norfadzilah Abd Wahab...[et al.]

this paper asks what the best model of elderly care to be adopted by our
country is by comparing the models of law in Singapore and the welfare system in the
US. Basically, Chapter 1 of this paper will be discussing on the filial piety on the part
of the children towards their parents. The next chapter will be a literature reviews on
the problem or challenges to the senior citizens from many aspects of life such as
social, economic and health care. The examples of elderly protection by laws and
welfare system will be explained under Chapter 3 by discussing on the models of filial
responsibility law regulated by Singapore and the welfare system exercised by US
government. Chapter 4 of this paper will be focusing on the policy and the laws on
elderly care in Malaysia i.e. The National Social Policy 1990, the Health Care
programme, and the EPF. Although Malaysia is not in a position to adopt both models
which are having different approach, it might be possible to adopt some of the
mechanism laid down under the filial responsibility law or the welfare system into our
administration of law with regards of elderly care. Lastly, the conclusion derived from
the discussion, the best model would be the one that is suitable to our Malaysian's
norm and culture incorporated with Malaysian legal system.