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

• Main Authors: Abu Taher, Mohammad, Jamaluddin, Siti Zaharah, Mohd. Yusoff, Jal Zabdi, Tahir, Zulazhar, Thambapillay, Sridevi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies 2018
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/25596/1/UUMJLS%209%202018%20175-203.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/25596/; http://www.uumjls.uum.edu.my/index.php/previous-issues/158-uum-journal-of-legal-studies-jls-vol-9-2018

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...