The creation of age-friendly environments worldwide has been promoted by the World
Health Organization as a strategy to address the challenges posed by the converging trends …

Against the backdrop of rapid ageing populations, there is an increasing recognition of the
need to integrate various health services for the elderly, not only to provide more …

Financial planning for retirement is essential to ensure that people have enough money to
live the lifestyle they desire when they retire. Self-employed business owners in developed …

Multiethnic Malaysia provides a unique case study of divergence in population aging of
different sociocultural subgroups within a country. Malaysia represents 3 major ethnicities in …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a steering force for the cardiovascular diseases epidemic in
Asia. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of MetS in Malaysian adults using NCEP …

This paper empirically tested eight key features of WHO guidelines to age‐friendly
community by surveying 211 informal caregivers and 402 self‐care adults (aged 45 to 85 …

Background: To date, several medication adherence apps have been developed. However,
the existing apps have been developed without involving relevant stakeholders and were …

Appropriate medication use is one of the most significant challenges among the older
population. Although medication use problems are well documented at the secondary and …

Population ageing is pervasive, a global phenomenon and has implications for society and
the nation. Among them is demand for greater allocation of financial resources for …

Results: Regression analysis showed that after controlling for demographic factors which
include age, sex, race, marital status, education and employment; living with spouse and …