Call for government to implement dementia contingency plan
KUCHING: The Malaysian Health Coalition (MHC) and Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine (MSGM) are calling for urgent action to support the wellbeing of persons with dementia, including their caregivers. They said the recent news about former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi suffering from dementia was a reminder that dementia could affect anyone and had […]
Home care services provider Homage spreads wings to more locations
KUCHING: Homage care services provider has recently announced its most significant expansion in Malaysia yet with new footprints in locations across Perak, Sabah and Sarawak. Homage also aims to grow its pool to 11,000 caregivers, nurses, and therapists nationwide by the end of 2022 and to partner with more organisations and health institutions to decentralise […]
Overwhelming attendance at Sarawak Preschool International Convention
KUCHING: The inaugural Sarawak Preschool International Convention 2021, which had a target attendance of 950 people, received an overwhelming response with over 1,000 people signing up. The convention, which runs from Oct 1 to 3, was officially launched by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg virtually via Zoom and Facebook Live yesterday (Oct […]
Making sure all teachers, caregivers are jabbed
KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development assures that teachers, assistant teachers and caregivers in Sarawak are vaccinated against Covid-19. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said to date, there are a total of 10,133 teachers, assistant teachers and caregivers under various agencies in Sarawak and out of that, 9,937 […]
9,938 teachers, caregivers of childcare centres vaccinated
MIRI: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah on Sunday (Aug 8) revealed that 98 percent or 9,938 of the 10,133 teachers and caregivers at childcare centres in Sarawak had been vaccinated against Covid-19. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister hoped that this figure would assure parents that it was safe for them to […]
First-phase jabs for early childhood educators, caregivers
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has approved the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry’s application to vaccinate early childhood educators and caregivers in the state under the first phase of the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that with this, a total of 5,703 educators and […]
