Smart Home Assisted Living for Elderly: The Needs for Regulations

Noor Ashikin Basarudin*, Asmah Laili Yeon, Zuryati Mohamed Yusoff, Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan and Nazli Mahdzir
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Noor Ashikin Basarudin*: School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
Asmah Laili Yeon: School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
Zuryati Mohamed Yusoff: School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan: School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
Nazli Mahdzir: School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, 7-13 Special Issue: 6

Abstract: Assistive technology devices for elderly in smart home aims at providing support and healthcare services in a domestic home to ensure their health condition, safety and security . However, neither definition nor specific legal and administrative policy is in place to govern its establishment. Hence, a comprehensive smart home assisted living legal framework for elderly is required and this paper is intended to discuss the needs for amendments of law in housing development. This paper is a legal doctrinal research whereby analysis is conducted based on the statutory provisions of Malaysia housing statutes, codes, and guideline. The finding shows that, the absence of smart home for elderly components and infrastructure in the Housing Sales and Purchase Agreement will deny residents’ right from protection by the housing developer. Therefore, amendment and improvement in law and regulations to include terms of smart home for elderly is needed to ensure its development is in accordance to the law.

Keywords: Smart home assisted living; Elderly; Malaysian housing law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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