Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat^1,2,*, Hazwan Mat Din², Raja Nurzatul Efah Raja Adnan²

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 409-416, 2021, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.015526

Abstract Population ageing puts pressure on the workforce and increase the demands for aged workforce. The demographic shifts have made the issue of healthier workers, especially those of advanced age and physically related job scopes, a fundamental aspect to employing older workers. Hence, this study aimed to explore the best practices to employ older adults into the social care sector. The social care sector was chosen in view of the nature of job and declining demand among younger workers. A qualitative study was conducted involving series of focus group discussions (FGD) with social care workers of long-term care centers in the… More >

Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat^1,2,*, Hazwan Mat Din¹

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 283-290, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.012679

Abstract The rapid ageing process experienced by many developing countries, lead issues and challenges to deal with the highly demanding social care sector. This qualitative study aimed to explore the understanding and views of the formal caregivers in Malaysia towards social care for older persons. Series of focus group discussions were conducted among 57 institutional social care workers at four public residential care in Peninsular Malaysia based on the identified zones. Two groups of participants involved, those aged less than 40 years old and 40 years old and above, divided based on the mean age. The interview was transcribed verbatim and… More >