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

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...

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Main Authors: Abu Taher, Mohammad, Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah, Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi, Tahir, Zulazhar, Thambapillay, Sridevi
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spelling my.uum.repo.255962019-02-17T02:37:54Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25596/ Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines Abu Taher, Mohammad Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi Tahir, Zulazhar Thambapillay, Sridevi K Law (General) 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 of financial security.The proportion of elderly people in poverty is higher than that in the working age population, indicating the increasing likelihood of people falling into poverty as they leave or retire from the workforce. Therefore, one way of addressing poverty among the elderly is through social protection mechanisms. Malaysia and the Philippines are two Southeast Asian countries on their way to becoming ageing nations. As such, both these countries have already adopted numerous social protection schemes to ensure the well-being of the marginalised segments of society, including the elderly. Thus, based on existing literature, this paper is an attempt to revisit and re-examine the role and adequacy of existing social protection schemes available in Malaysia and the Philippines. UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/25596/1/UUMJLS%209%202018%20175-203.pdf Abu Taher, Mohammad and Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah and Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi and Tahir, Zulazhar and Thambapillay, Sridevi (2018) Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines. UUM Journal of Legal Studies, 9. pp. 175-203. ISSN 2229-984X http://www.uumjls.uum.edu.my/index.php/previous-issues/158-uum-journal-of-legal-studies-jls-vol-9-2018
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Abu Taher, Mohammad
Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah
Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi
Tahir, Zulazhar
Thambapillay, Sridevi
Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines
description 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 of financial security.The proportion of elderly people in poverty is higher than that in the working age population, indicating the increasing likelihood of people falling into poverty as they leave or retire from the workforce. Therefore, one way of addressing poverty among the elderly is through social protection mechanisms. Malaysia and the Philippines are two Southeast Asian countries on their way to becoming ageing nations. As such, both these countries have already adopted numerous social protection schemes to ensure the well-being of the marginalised segments of society, including the elderly. Thus, based on existing literature, this paper is an attempt to revisit and re-examine the role and adequacy of existing social protection schemes available in Malaysia and the Philippines.
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author Abu Taher, Mohammad
Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah
Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi
Tahir, Zulazhar
Thambapillay, Sridevi
author_facet Abu Taher, Mohammad
Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah
Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi
Tahir, Zulazhar
Thambapillay, Sridevi
author_sort Abu Taher, Mohammad
title Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines
title_short Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines
title_full Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines
title_fullStr Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in Malaysia and the Philippines
title_sort ensuring the well-being of the elderly: revisiting the role and adequacy of social protection schemes in malaysia and the philippines
publisher UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies
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