JKM federal registry
529
Pusat Jagaan Warga Emas centres — welfare-grade, federally licensed.
Format · 1200 × 1600 px · Portrait infographic
Senior Living Malaysia · Eldercare Infrastructure Report
FIG. 00 · National Overview · 2026
A Senior Living Malaysia analysis · 2026
The State of Eldercare
in Malaysia
An independent cross-registry analysis of who runs senior care in Malaysia today — drawing on federal welfare, medical, and population data. Updated May 2026.
01
The demographic picture
DOSM · 2025
34.23 M
Malaysia population. Total residents counted in the current population estimates.
Source · DOSM 2025
4.11 M
Aged 60 and over — 12.0% of the population, and the cohort eldercare policy is built around.
Share · 12.0%
870 K
Aged 75 and over — the high-care cohort that drives demand for nursing-grade facilities.
High-care cohort
“Ageing nation” by 2030. “Aged nation” by 2040.
02
The supply picture
JKM · MOH · SLM directory
SLM Directory
626
Senior Living Malaysia listings — the broadest cross-source index of operating senior care providers nationwide.
JKM growth · 2022→2026
+61%
’22 · 328
’26 · 529
Registry expansion over four years — supply is moving, but unevenly across states.
MOH licensing
19
MOH-licensed private nursing homes — the medical-grade tier. 637 beds nationwide.
Verifiable licensing
87%
Of SLM directory listings carry a verifiable JKM or MOH license number.
Price transparency
6%
Only a sliver of listings publish entry-level monthly rates publicly. Families call to find out.
99
Johor · Singapore corridor
Johor listings — the cross-border catchment serving Singaporean families seeking lower-cost long-term care within a two-hour drive.
03
Two findings worth flagging
State-level signal
The Perak shift
Perak now hosts more JKM-registered senior care centres than Selangor — up 158% in four years. The geographic centre of eldercare supply is sliding north.
The compact medical tier
Just 4 MOH-licensed psychiatric nursing homes operate nationally — a narrow medical-grade specialty concentrated in Perak, Selangor, and Johor.
Senior Living Malaysia
Independent · 2026
Format · 1200 × 630 px · Open Graph / Twitter Card crop
A Senior Living Malaysia analysis · 2026
The State of Eldercare in Malaysia
An independent cross-registry analysis of who runs senior care in Malaysia today. Updated May 2026.
Demographic context
34.23M Malaysia population
4.11M Malaysians aged 60+
870K aged 75+, the high-care cohort
“Ageing nation by 2030.”
Read the full report
seniorlivingmalaysia.org
Senior Living Malaysia
Independent · 2026
SLM directory
626
Senior care listings — broadest cross-source index.
JKM registry
529
Welfare-grade centres, federally licensed.
Growth ’22→’26
+61%
’22 · 328’26 · 529
MOH-licensed
19
Private nursing homes, medical-grade · 637 beds.
99