The Government is planning to enact a Senior Citizens Act to better protect the welfare and rights of the elderly, which may include penalties for people who send their elderly parents to care facilities or old folks’ homes. But how should we be thinking about elderly care in the modern age-where is the intersection of government policy and filial piety? On this episode of Consider This, Melisa Idris speaks to Lily Fu, gerontologist and VP of the University of the Third Age for KL & Selangor. In 2020, she made a documentary titled ‘Meniti Senja’ (The Twilight Years), which explores the issue of elderly being left to fend for themselves in aged care centres.
