Nursing home for mental illness sufferers proposed
SIBU: The Board of Visitors to the Sibu Hospital Psychiatric Ward has proposed that a nursing home be built for patients with mental illness. According to its chairman Kapitan Peter Lau Ik Yang, not all patients with mental illness require 24-hour monitoring from nurses and doctors. “Sometimes they only need minimal monitoring; they don’t necessarily […]
Hotel reaches out to nursing home with food
KUCHING: The Lions Nursing Home Kuching at Jalan Stutong Baru has received a donation of food items.The initiative was carried out by Raia Hotel & Convention Centre as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.The nursing home, which is based on the concept of a professional care residence for the elderly who are incapacitated […]
Eden inspires tender, loving care of elderly
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Senior living resort and nursing home Eden on the Park is setting the pace as an inspiration for others to emulate. For starters, Rumah Sri Kenangan, a home for the aged in Kuching and Sibu under the Social Welfare Department (SWD), is now looking at adopting similar elderly care practices as those applied […]
Sometimes, good to put elderly in old folks’ home
This is Part two of three of a feature series on ageing and its socio-economic impact IN tandem with modernisation, communities around the world have experienced significant transformations in many aspects including societal and familial structures as well as lifestyles. One such example is the care of the elderly. Traditionally, once they were grown up, […]
