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Creating age friendly cities
Malaysia is expected to become an aging nation within the next seven years, yet none of our cities are officially declared age-friendly and fitted to encourage healthy aging. It’s about time we paid attention to this issue. Download PDF
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Priceless Partnership
Professional care for the elderly. Occupational therapists can help raise the standards of care given to the elderly. For more information, kindly see the attached article. Download PDF
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More Therapists Needed
Although occupational therapy is crucial in patients’ rehabilitation, not many know about this field of medicine. For more information, kindly see the attached article or the post in Star Online.
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Medical disability meet
Sunday Star, Sunday 9th June 2013 Medical disability meet Prof Nathan hopes that a proper protocol to improve the system of assessing disability, damages and the processing of claims can be formulated through the seminar. A seminar is being organised to bring together the various parties involved in the management and assessment of medical disabilities. […]
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Healthy ageing for everyone
Monday April 15, 2013 THE Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS) is a non-profit organisation that strives to educate healthcare professionals and members of the public on healthy ageing issues. Professor Nathan Vytialingam, one of the pioneers of the organisation back in 2002, says there is widespread misconception about ageing: “Most people think ageing starts when […]
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HOLISTIC AGEING IN AN AGE OF CHANGE
Bismillahirahmanirrahim YB Datuk Rosnah Binti Haji Abdul Rashid Shirlin Deputy Minister of Health, Malaysia YBhg. Prof. Nathan Vytialingam President of the Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society and Organising Chairman of the 1st World Congress on Healthy Ageing 2012 YBhg. Prof. Dr. Azhar bin Mohd. Zain Advisor, Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society and Chairman International Advisory Panel for […]
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Course on nursing the elderly
By FAREZZA HANUM RASHID THE Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS) recently held a screening of the new James Bond movie, Skyfall to raise funds for its “Caring for the Elderly” programme to be carried out next year. KUALA LUMPUR: MHAS booked the entire hall with tickets priced at RM350, RM100 and RM80 and the […]
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Bond-ing for a good course
558 men dress up as 007 to raise funds for the elderly 30th November 2012 Agent 007 may have been the hero in Skyfall — the latest James Bond blockbuster to hit the big screen but it was the 558 people who attended the Skyfall movie screening fundraiser event held at GSC Signature, Mid Valley, […]
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