Social care facilities management audit (SCFMA) at the residential care home for the elderly (RCHfE) in Malaysia
By the year 2030, it is expected that 15 percent of the Malaysian population will be aged 60 years old and above. Reports show that the elderly in Malaysia for the coming decades are likely to be living alone or ending up in the welfare homes. The reliance of elderly on the Care Home for the Elderly...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5417/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5417/2/(FPTP)_Full_Paper.pdf |
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| Summary: | By the year 2030, it is expected that 15 percent of
the Malaysian population will be aged 60 years old and above.
Reports show that the elderly in Malaysia for the coming decades
are likely to be living alone or ending up in the welfare homes.
The reliance of elderly on the Care Home for the Elderly (CHfE)
has clearly shown an increase over the years. CHfE which
provides accommodation, meals and personal care will be the
alternative living arrangement for the elderly in Malaysia for the
coming years. However, the quality of the social care service
delivery varies for each care homes due to the absence of
common standards regarding the establishment and running of
CHfE in Malaysia. Hence, the best way to secure the CHfE in
Malaysia from future liability is to conduct an effective Facilities
Management Audit (FMA). FMA provides an appraisal and
evaluation of the organisation's management system. It
highlights the practices to be introduced or requiring changes
while developing an environment for continuous improvement in
the quality of social care service for the elderly people. Presently,
there is no FMA being conducted to audit the standards being
delivered at the CHfE in Malaysia. Therefore, this paper aims to
discuss about the Social Care Facilities Management (SCPM) in
context and the importance of having FMA in place at the
RCHfE in Malaysia |
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