Healthy Ageing Must Not Be Determined By Wealth – Sultan Nazrin

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Referring to the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Ageing: Empowering Older Persons in ASEAN, Sultan Nazrin said healthy ageing must be inclusive by design, ensuring equitable access to…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, has emphasised that healthy ageing must be inclusive and cannot become a commodity available only to those who can afford it.

His Royal Highness said that while modern civilisation has achieved longer lifespans, the ability to age with health, dignity and purpose should not depend on personal wealth.

"Economic consumption must never be the metric that validates human life. The silver economy must be understood not merely as a marketing frontier for older consumers, but as a structural realignment of our economy towards inclusivity, innovation and social stability.

"True inclusion requires concrete, practical application. Healthy ageing cannot become a commodity available only to those who can afford it," he said in his royal address, titled The Silver Economy: A Foundation for Shared Prosperity, at the High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy 2026: Healthy Longevity for Economic Growth today.

Sultan Nazrin said that if a longer, healthier life is among the crowning achievements of modern civilisation, the fruits of that achievement must not depend on the balance of one's bank account.

His Royal Highness said society is ultimately judged by whether the opportunities it creates remain within the reach of its most vulnerable citizens.

Sultan Nazrin also called for environments to be designed to actively preserve human capability rather than merely accommodating decline.

"Healthy ageing requires the right infrastructure, not simply the right services. We can no longer treat housing, healthcare, financial security, and technology as separate areas of policy. They are interconnected corridors in the same lived environment," he said.

His Royal Highness said public policy must not be restricted to institutional medical care, but should be geared towards cultivating integrated communities where senior citizens can remain active and independent while receiving stepped-up support as their needs change.

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