f.
Khidmat Bantu di Rumah/Home Help Services
The service is to assist older persons who live alone or do not
have families or stay with family but need assistance. Among the
services provided by the volunteers to the older persons are
managing/assisting their daily routine, cleaning, bringing the bed
ridden older persons to clinic or hospital for health treatment and
companionship. (Please see Table 9 for the total number of older
persons receiving the Home Help Services)
Table 9
Total Number of Older Persons Receiving Home Help Services by State
Gender and Race as of December 2013
M: Male
F: Female
*Majlis Pusat Kebajikan Semenanjung Malaysia (MPKSM)
Source: Department of Social Welfare Malaysia
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