Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: Revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines

• Main Authors: Abu Taher, Mohammad, Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah, Yusoff, Jal Zabdi Mohd, Tahir, Zulazhar, Thambapillay, Sridevi
• Format: Article
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2018
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22717/; http://www.uumjls.uum.edu.my/images/vol9july2018/175-203.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Globally, social protection schemes are considered as effective tools in ensuring the well-being of the poor, disempowered and otherwise marginalised people of society. It is applicable in cases of elderly people who are comparatively vulnerable due to their old age, and at times poverty or the lack...