Issues related to caregivers
68. Changing pattern of living arrangement between parents and adult
children including migration of these children from rural to urban
areas due to job opportunities has also impacted on the financial and
non-financial support provided by children to their parents.
69. The care givers especially the adult children in Malaysia who are in the
low income category and financially instable would be overburdened
by the costs of taking care of their old parents as they struggle to
meet the needs of their own family while at the same time providing
money and care to their aged parents.54
54
Husna Sulaiman, Jariah Masud and Tenggku Aizan Hamid. 2012. Patern of Integrational Supports Exchange in
Malaysia.(edt Tengku Aizan Hamid, Husna Sulaiman and Siti Farra Zillah Abdullah) Profile of Older Malaysians. Current
and Future Challenges.Univesity Putra Malaysia Press: Serdang. p.197-p.219
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