Table 5. Profile of interviewed...

Table 5.

Profile of interviewed respondents (centre operators)

Variable	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6	O7	O8	O9
Type of ageing care centre operations
Sole ownership	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Partnership	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Group manager	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Others	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Ageing centre current staff
Caregiver	25	7	6	7	2	8	20	15	8
Doctors	2	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	1
Support staff	10	–	2	3	2	3	15	2	1
Cook	5	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1
Clerk	5	7	–	1	1	1	2	1	1
Others	5	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	–
No of elderly in the ageing centre till to date
Male	194	6	9	9	21	2	17	15	14
Female	119	23	8	9	12	7	24	20	14
Age of elderly in centre
55–65	×	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
65 years onward	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Entrepreneurial experience
3–5 years	×	×	×	×	×	×	√	√	×
5–7years	√	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
7–9 years	√	√	√	√	×	×	×	×	×
9 years onward	×	√	√	×	√	×	×	×	×
Monthly expense of centre
RM15,000–20,000	√	×	×	√	×	×	√	×	×
RM20,000–40,000	×	√	√	×	×	√	×	√	×
RM40,000 and above	×	×	×	×	√	×	×	×	√
The main source of monthly income
Charity	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Donation	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Resident fees	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Self-funded	×	×	×	√	×	×	×	√	×
A constant source of yearly income apart from tenants’ fees
Yes (specify)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	JKM, Government	JKM, Government
No	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	×
Involvement in business activity
Yes (specify)	×	×	×	×	×	Consumables item (medical and non-medical)	Consumables item (medical and non-medical)	×	×
No	√	√	√	√	√	×	×	√	√
Fee for elderly
Yes (how much)	×	×	RM900–1,800	×	RM500	RM4,500	RM3,000–6,000	RM2,000	×
No	√	√	×	√	×	√	√	√	√
Nature of staff employment
Permanent	×	×	√	×	√	√	√	√	×
Contract	√	√	√	√	×	×	√	√	√
Voluntary	×	×	×	×	×	×	√	×	×
Other	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Governmental financial support
Yes (how much)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
No	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
The objective behind the elderly care centre business
To help the elderly and care them	Passion for helping older people	Practice knowledge and expertise in taking care of the elderly	A noble cause and I feel when I get old, I need a centre too	To care for older people	Older people quality lifestyle to show on their way to recovery and elderly care for them	Passion and also to build the best and acceptable environment for elderly needs	Elderly are like small kids they need love, care and attention, so I opened this centre	It is our responsibility to take care of our elderly with love care and attention so that is why I came in this field	Elderly care because they need love care and attention

Variable	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6	O7	O8	O9
Type of ageing care centre operations
Sole ownership	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Partnership	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Group manager	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Others	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Ageing centre current staff
Caregiver	25	7	6	7	2	8	20	15	8
Doctors	2	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	1
Support staff	10	–	2	3	2	3	15	2	1
Cook	5	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1
Clerk	5	7	–	1	1	1	2	1	1
Others	5	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	–
No of elderly in the ageing centre till to date
Male	194	6	9	9	21	2	17	15	14
Female	119	23	8	9	12	7	24	20	14
Age of elderly in centre
55–65	×	×	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
65 years onward	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Entrepreneurial experience
3–5 years	×	×	×	×	×	×	√	√	×
5–7years	√	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
7–9 years	√	√	√	√	×	×	×	×	×
9 years onward	×	√	√	×	√	×	×	×	×
Monthly expense of centre
RM15,000–20,000	√	×	×	√	×	×	√	×	×
RM20,000–40,000	×	√	√	×	×	√	×	√	×
RM40,000 and above	×	×	×	×	√	×	×	×	√
The main source of monthly income
Charity	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Donation	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Resident fees	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Self-funded	×	×	×	√	×	×	×	√	×
A constant source of yearly income apart from tenants’ fees
Yes (specify)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	JKM, Government	JKM, Government
No	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	×	×
Involvement in business activity
Yes (specify)	×	×	×	×	×	Consumables item (medical and non-medical)	Consumables item (medical and non-medical)	×	×
No	√	√	√	√	√	×	×	√	√
Fee for elderly
Yes (how much)	×	×	RM900–1,800	×	RM500	RM4,500	RM3,000–6,000	RM2,000	×
No	√	√	×	√	×	√	√	√	√
Nature of staff employment
Permanent	×	×	√	×	√	√	√	√	×
Contract	√	√	√	√	×	×	√	√	√
Voluntary	×	×	×	×	×	×	√	×	×
Other	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Governmental financial support
Yes (how much)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
No	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
The objective behind the elderly care centre business
To help the elderly and care them	Passion for helping older people	Practice knowledge and expertise in taking care of the elderly	A noble cause and I feel when I get old, I need a centre too	To care for older people	Older people quality lifestyle to show on their way to recovery and elderly care for them	Passion and also to build the best and acceptable environment for elderly needs	Elderly are like small kids they need love, care and attention, so I opened this centre	It is our responsibility to take care of our elderly with love care and attention so that is why I came in this field	Elderly care because they need love care and attention

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