Writers:  Mazlynda Md Yusuf, Rose Irnawaty Ibrahim, Waidah Ismail
 
Price: RM 35.00
 
ISBN: 9789674409258
 
Publication Year: 2021
 
Pages: 76 pp.
 
Long-Term Care could be defined as the need of medical and social assistance given to support the daily activity needs. This type of assistance is normally associated with those chronic illnesses or temporary or permanent disabilities that affect their ability to perform daily activities on their own.
 
As such, these patients may need to undergo a rehabilitation program and even need a long term care services that provides support in performing their normal daily routine, either ADL (Activities of Daily Living) or IADL (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living.
 
Currently, SOCSO Rehabilitation Centre in Melaka is one of the most establish Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia that offer rehabilitation programs, and that they have also started to offer interactive gaming as a method introduced for telerehabilitation.
 
Therefore, this book provides an overview of the current long-term care scenario in Malaysia associated with rehabilitation program, the financial supports. Challenges faced and also a study on the cost-benefit analysis between rehabilitation and telerehabilitation programs.
 
It is hoped that this book will benefit the readers with better understanding on this topic