Elderly care institutions refer to centres or facilities that provide care and support for senior citizens who require assistance in their daily lives.
These facilities ensure that frail, poor, or isolated elderly persons without caregivers can live in comfort and safety. They include institutions run directly by JKM, as well as private and NGO-operated homes registered under JKM.
JKM-run Elderly Care Institutions: [accordion]
- Rumah Seri Kenangan (RSK)
Provides care and protection for elderly persons who are poor but still able to manage themselves.
Admission Criteria:
- Aged 60 years and above
- Able to care for themselves
- No heirs
- No income and no permanent residence
- Free from infectious diseases or psychiatric disorders
- Rumah Ehsan (RE)
Provides care, treatment, and protection for elderly persons who are frail, poor, without heirs, and unable to care for themselves.
Admission Criteria:
- Unable to care for themselves
- No heirs/ caregivers
- No income or permanent residence
- Malaysian citizen
- Certified by a government medical officer as chronically ill
Free from infectious diseases or psychiatric disorders
- Private care centres and registered NGOs are care institutions registered under JKM which provide care services to senior citizens in need. JKM also regulates and approves registration for:
- Private senior care centers
- NGO care centers
- Day or full-time care centers
Updated date: 25/9/2025
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