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It was interesting to read Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Shahrizat Abdul Jalil in a daily last month expounding on ‘Adding soul to welfare work’.
Shahrizat couldn’t have put it better when she commented that ‘... kindness is an act which the blind can see, and the deaf can hear – the spirit (of charity and caring) is what we want to imbue in all Malaysians’.
As a child specialist, there is much that one can compare with paediatrics and geriatrics (science of treatment of the elderly) even though both fields are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. This cradle to the grave continuum underscores the point that both children and the elderly need a great deal of care, attention and love.
Older persons need as much attention as a baby – both medically speaking and also literally. When it comes to looking after a baby, most of us have no qualms of showering a child with love. But do we remember to show the same measure of affection to the elderly in our society?
As people grow old through the aging process, the body metabolism and physiology also slowly changes over the years. This is normal although many people don’t realise that our bodies are not the same as it once used to be.
For instance, older people’s medication requirements are lesser and they generally need smaller dosage amounts like children. Not only does one need to pay meticulous attention on the elderly, but they also require support and care, as Shahrizat rightly pointed out.
These we believe come best from the family, community and the state. The elderly should never be allowed to die a homeless person or as a destitute. What we strive to do for our children should also be done for our senior citizens.
These include:
1. A child has her father’s and mother’s love. For the elderly, it’s the other way around where children should shower their love on their parents. Instead of simply giving them money and walking out, children should make it a point to take their parents out, spend more time with them, etc. Just as food, clothing and shelter are necessary for children, they apply for the elderly as well.
2. As children have education and partake in healthy activities in school and extra-curricular activities, every effort should be made by society to ensure that the elderly can also take part in community clubs and activities such as the ‘Warga Tua’ programmes.
Healthcare support should be made more accessible to the elderly by making the hospital to come to the home rather than the elderly going to the hospital. The elderly have no access to transport and suffer great inconveniences in hospitals by having limited access to wheelchairs or that express lanes are not fast enough or have no escort services.
3. Corporate companies coming forward to help the elderly as part of their social responsibilities is certainly the right way to help the disadvantaged.
As we move towards 2020, we share the minister’s dreams and visions in making it all happen.
The writer is a committee member, Malaysian Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Disabled and Elderly Association (PetPositive).
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THE horrendous account by Ordinary Citizen of how two dogs in Malacca were beaten with an iron rod until one of them died was extremely disturbing, “Present laws inadequate in protecting animals” (The Star, Nov 17).
Now that what has transpired is out in the open – thanks to your newspaper – it would be worse if no one does anything about it. People would just be cruel to animals again and again.
Authorities such as the veterinary department, the local council and the police should do everything possible to investigate the matter and bring such perpetrators to the book.
A hotline should be created for the public to report cases of animal cruelty throughout the country.
Action must be swift and unsparing.
It is a crying shame that animal cruelty offenders in our society, more often than not, get away scot-free when such heinous crimes are committed on defenceless and innocent animals.
As Malaysians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a caring people and nation. We are also quick to denounce situations of injustice when we see them.
But our weakness is that we sometimes choose to look the other way when animals become casualties and victims of society’s greed, ignorance or apathy.
Dogs, because of their unflinching love and loyalty would rather die than to strike back or defend themselves against the hand that feeds them – even in the most extreme of circumstances.
Thus it is easy for families who have them to abuse them, because of their totally trusting nature.
Local councils, which are in charge of pet licensing, should provide pet education programmes for pet owners in order to raise their consciousness and respect for all of God’s creatures, great or small.
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THE horrendous account by Ordinary Citizen of how two dogs in Malacca were beaten with an iron rod until one of them died was extremely disturbing, “Present laws inadequate in protecting animals” (The Star, Nov 17).
Now that what has transpired is out in the open – thanks to your newspaper – it would be worse if no one does anything about it. People would just be cruel to animals again and again.
Authorities such as the veterinary department, the local council and the police should do everything possible to investigate the matter and bring such perpetrators to the book.
A hotline should be created for the public to report cases of animal cruelty throughout the country.
Action must be swift and unsparing.
It is a crying shame that animal cruelty offenders in our society, more often than not, get away scot-free when such heinous crimes are committed on defenceless and innocent animals.
As Malaysians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a caring people and nation. We are also quick to denounce situations of injustice when we see them.
But our weakness is that we sometimes choose to look the other way when animals become casualties and victims of society’s greed, ignorance or apathy.
Dogs, because of their unflinching love and loyalty would rather die than to strike back or defend themselves against the hand that feeds them – even in the most extreme of circumstances.
Thus it is easy for families who have them to abuse them, because of their totally trusting nature.
Local councils, which are in charge of pet licensing, should provide pet education programmes for pet owners in order to raise their consciousness and respect for all of God’s creatures, great or small.
DR PADMA PILLAI,
Committee Member,
Malaysian Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Disabled and Elderly Association,
Kuala Lumpur.
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THANK you for your report from Jeli about how Mat Lawar, the elephant which was hit by a lorry in Batu Melintang on Oct 31, will be making a full recovery at its new home, the National Elephant Conservation Centre in Kuala Gandah, Pahang. ("Jumbo off to sanctuary" — NST, Nov 7).
Congratulations to our park rangers in the Wildlife and National Parks Department for rescuing the pachyderm and making everything possible.
A hearty syabas also to the Kuala Gandah sanctuary for their untiring efforts in getting another elephant, the now well-known baby Mardos, back on its feet since it was injured last July.
Their heroic efforts were even highlighted on Radio Australia from Melbourne recently in which the Aussies were full of praise for the dedication and determination put in by the animal carers at the Kuala Gandah sanctuary.
Despite criticisms and even calls by certain quarters for the baby elephant to be euthanised, the sanctuary staff went ahead with their mission to save the elephant.
The last report on Mardos said it was doing very well.
Having said all this, the Kuala Gandah sanctuary should seriously reconsider its practice of transporting elephants to schools as part of their education programmes.
Students should be encouraged instead to make trips to visit elephants in the sanctuary which is kept in an environment that is close to their natural habitat.
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THANK you for your report from Jeli about how Mat Lawar, the elephant which was hit by a lorry in Batu Melintang on Oct 31, will be making a full recovery at its new home, the National Elephant Conservation Centre in Kuala Gandah, Pahang. ("Jumbo off to sanctuary" — NST, Nov 7).
Congratulations to our park rangers in the Wildlife and National Parks Department for rescuing the pachyderm and making everything possible.
A hearty syabas also to the Kuala Gandah sanctuary for their untiring efforts in getting another elephant, the now well-known baby Mardos, back on its feet since it was injured last July.
Their heroic efforts were even highlighted on Radio Australia from Melbourne recently in which the Aussies were full of praise for the dedication and determination put in by the animal carers at the Kuala Gandah sanctuary.
Despite criticisms and even calls by certain quarters for the baby elephant to be euthanised, the sanctuary staff went ahead with their mission to save the elephant.
The last report on Mardos said it was doing very well.
Having said all this, the Kuala Gandah sanctuary should seriously reconsider its practice of transporting elephants to schools as part of their education programmes.
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