older persons with disabilities, to social protection programmes and poverty reduction programmes. 6. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW) Article 7 - States Parties undertake, in accordance with the international instruments concerning human rights, to respect and to ensure to all migrant workers and members of their families within their territory or subject to their jurisdiction the rights provided for in the present Convention without distinction of any kind such as to sex, race, colour, language, religion or conviction, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, nationality, age, economic position, property, marital status, birth or other status. 16. Even though some of the rights of older persons are secured in the above Conventions, there are still areas where aspects of the lives of older persons are not addressed adequately by existing human rights laws. These normative gaps include the lack of International standards on rights within community-based centres and long-term care settings centres for both the caregiver and the person receiving the care.17 Domestic Laws and Policies 17. In Malaysia, there is no specific law on older persons while the most relevant provision is found in Article 8 of the Federal Constitution.18 Nevertheless, there are other laws such as the Care Centres Act 199319 and Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 that govern the running of private care centres and nursing homes for older persons. 17 Strengthening Older People’s Rights : Towards a UN Convention, p.6. 18 Article 8 (1) All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law. 19 Governs the operation of care centres including services and facilities for older persons and ensure minimum standards of care and services in non-government organisation and private old folks home are maintained. REPORT ON CARE SERVICES FOR OLDER PERSONS AND SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS 11