PETALING JAYA: An tutorial has proposed a government-sponsored employment scheme for senior residents to eradicate poverty amongst older individuals.
Zumilah Zainalaludin of Universiti Putra Malaysia urged that these jobs be tailor-made to a senior citizen’s health degree and their well being situation.
“Maybe they will work for 4 to 5 hours and be paid accordingly. And the jobs supplied shouldn’t come at the expense of the youth,” she stated in a present affairs programme on Astro Awani.
Zumilah stated the jobs scheme was wanted as many senior residents needed to get by with little or no financial savings.
There was a must nurture the entrepreneurial expertise of older individuals as they’d nonetheless have monetary commitments after they retired.
Employment would additionally assist the elderly take care of loneliness. “This is one thing that must be thought-about as they’re inclined in direction of struggling psychological well being points post-retirement,” she added, citing dementia for instance.
Seniors with dementia pose larger issue for society than different lively seniors, she stated.
“The elderly have to be actively concerned in society, to work, to maneuver. This needs to be inspired in order that they proceed to have good psychological well being, thus serving to society,” she stated.
