Johor Bahru (JB) is the capital of the Malaysian state of Johor, which sits at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. The city is surrounded by suburbs, industrial parks and long waterfront areas, in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia. It is one of the largest cities in the country with more than 2.7 million inhabitants. Choosing the right nursing home is a big decision, no matter if you need a nursing home personally or are looking for a high-quality nursing home for a loved one. To help you choose the right facilities located near you in Johor Bahru, we put together the 10 best nursing homes list. *The sequence of nursing homes below is in no particular order.
1. ECON Medicare Centre and Nursing Home
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ECON Healthcare Group is the leading private eldercare services provider in Singapore and Malaysia, with over 33 years of experience in serving seniors and their families. They operate eldercare facilities and provide a comprehensive range of senior-centric services. By adopting the best of eastern and western medicine philosophies, their multidisciplinary care team aims to provide comfort, physical and emotional support for your loved one. Their dedicated team brings together complementary aspects of care to help determine the best services for you.
They also offer a series of group wellness and social activities which vary from home to home, including community dining, maintenance exercise, arts & crafts engagement, recreational activities and etcetera. ECON Medicare Center and Nursing Home is located near to Columbia Asia Hospital Istana Puteri and Kensington Green Specialist Centre, which is within the driving distance of approximately 15 minutes.
Services | Dementia Care Parkinson's Care
Stroke Care Cancer Care Palliative Care
Rehabilitation Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Ambulance Service |
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Contact Details | +6012-642 6046 |
Operating Hours | Open 24 Hours |
Highlights:
Elder-friendly environments
Multidisciplinary care team
Group wellness and social activities
Customer reviews:
"Econ Medicare has a great team and excellent and professional healthcare services! Appreciate their patient centric health care services for my dad while he was there - all the staff, including cleaning & admin staff are friendly and caring towards the elderly. The staff were very attentive and patient with him and this really helped to make him feel safe. My dad's condition improved tremendously after a month! The amenities are kept clean daily and food served are healthy and nutritious for the old folks - includes fruits, vegetables, meat/fish with brown rice option. Highly recommend their services 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 thank you Ming De and his team!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼" -Chong "Facility is clean and well equipped. The staff and nurses are always helpful and cheerful. They even go out of their way to host activities and celebrate festives with the residents to make them feel at home. Definitely would recommend ECON Medicare." -Shawn C.
2. GoodWill Care Centre
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GoodWill Care Centre is one of the well-known nursing homes in Johor Bahru. This nursing home is operated by a nursing team with over 10 years of experience in nursing care. Their own nursing care plan has helped over 250 patients, which is highly reviewed by their clients. Their home is surrounded by a green environment. It is definitely suitable for patients who like to have a breath of fresh air in the morning. They have 2 branches of the nursing home in Yahya and Danga. GoodWill Care Center is located near to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital, which is approximately a 6-minute drive.
Services | Geriatric Care Post-surgery Care Physiotherapy |
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Address | Yahya Branch: 8, Jalan Hassan Al-Attas, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80100 Johor Bahru, Johor [Google Map] [Waze] Danga Branch: No 4, Jalan Wira Straits View 80200 Johor Bahru [Google Map] [Waze] |
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Operating Hours | Monday - Sunday (9AM - 7PM) |
Highlights:
Nursing team with 10 years of experience
Have their own nursing care plan
Surrounded by a green environment
Customer reviews:
"Dear Denise / Mr Lai / Mr Hong / Sha Sha & teams Would like to Thanks you guys putting effort looking after my father for the past 2 months, we can see speedy improvement of my father health condition. Thumb up! with your team of professional nurses, helpers with such kind and compassion hearts towards the elderly. We will not hesitate to recommend friends and relative to your centre in future. May Buddha bless you all good health and happiness. Warm Regards William Elaine Christine" -Christine C.
"Excellent environment with easy-going and experience staff nurses!! It is a perfect nursing home for rehabilitation and retiring life" -Lai W.
3. Rebina Sunrise Elderly Care
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Rebina Sunrise Elderly Care is a family-owned nursing home since 2003. Other than providing professional nursing and caregiving, they also took the effort to create and maintain a homely environment for the residents to increase their quality of life. An emphasis is placed on the social and personal requirements of senior citizens who need assistance in daily activities and health care, and desire to age with dignity.
They also focus on the rehabilitation of the residents. Residents are assessed by professionally trained nurses and a nursing care plan. An hourly nursing schedule is also drawn up for each individual to ensure that all residents are on track with their rehabilitative process.
They are located near to KPJ Puteri Specialist Hospital, Sultanah Aminah Hospital and Columbia Asia Hospital Terbau, within the driving distance of approximately 10 minutes.
Services | Elderly Care Nursing Care Palliative and Hospice Care |
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Operating Hours | Monday - Sunday (8AM - 5PM) |
Highlights:
Homely environment
Nursing care plan
Customer reviews:
"I sent my sister to this centre. They healed her bedsores. Although I did not get to go inside due to Covid 19, I trusted them as the management and staff were very professional, efficient and most of all friendly. Many thanks to them."
-Tong Pang N.
I thank the management and nurses for taking care of me and for all the acts of kindness making me comfortable and enjoyable. I also want to thank my Lord, Jesus, my comforter, provider and protector.
-Mdm T.
4. Prestige Residence Care
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Prestige Elderly Nursing Home has over 20 years of experience at meeting the needs of home healthcare and institutional needs in this city. Set in the heart of the centre, they provide a peaceful and tranquil environment that most elderly need. The elderly residents will receive 24-Hour nursing care from professionally trained nurses and care staff with strong compliance. In their centre, elderly residents can also engage in various cognitive activities, and maintenance exercises like artwork creation, sing-a-long karaoke sessions etc, ensuring the elderly in Prestige achieve a better state of mind and enjoy a more fulfilling life.
Services | Nursing Care Oxygen Therapy Dietician Control Meals Wound Dressing Ambulance Service |
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Operating Hours | Monday - Sunday (10:30AM - 6:30PM) |
Highlights:
Furnished with an outdoor swimming pool
CCTV with individual IP for family members to access
All meals are controlled by the dietician
Customer reviews:
"I will always treasure your concern for uncle and for staying with me while i was waiting to admit uncle. I will always have found memories of you n i thank you from the bottom of my heart..."
-Aunty Lee "Can be considered the best nursing care home in JB!! Excellent management and care by the staffs has ensure the patient received good care and treatment. The food prepared by the in house chef is catered for elderly folks. Highly Recommend!!" -Ray T.
5. Family Care Centre (FCC)
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Family Care Centre is JB’s first retirement village and wellness space focusing on community, environment and sustainable living. It is a place for the residents to live, recover and socialise around a beautiful home and garden. They have a team of care professionals dedicated to caregiving with compassion, love and respect. They provide personalised care and are always learning new caregiving approaches. Additionally, they ensure appropriate medical and rehabilitative care is delivered to their residents. Family Care Centre is located near to Sultan Ismail Hospital within the driving distance of approximately 15 minutes.
Services | Stay-in Home Care Day Care Facilities Rehabilitation Therapy & Social Activities |
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Contact Details | +6012-790 0792 |
Operating Hours | Monday - Friday (11AM - 5PM) Saturday - Sunday (11AM - 2PM) |
Highlights:
Personalised care
Retirement village and wellness space
Lush open garden, beautiful gazebo, and roaming farm animals.
Customer reviews:
"Friendly staff and beautiful surroundings. The organic vegetable garden is well tended by residential community. Lovely to watch the farm animals grazing on the lawns." -Karl L. "A green place where i find peace & joy. Easy to locate." -Chris T. "A serene environment that is close to the nature"
-Marshall F.
6. Green Acres Elderly Care Centre
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Green Acres Elderly Care Centre was established since 1998 and has been expanding steadily to meet the demands of the community. This is a bungalow style nursing home that is highly conducive and well-equipped setting within a quiet, airy and peaceful surrounding, thus allowing their residents and patients to enjoy a superior quality of life and a suitable environment for recuperation. Their professional and dedicated staff comprising of a panel of on-call Doctors, Physiotherapist, Registered Nurses and Nursing Aides are constantly being supervised by a love-giving Home Manager.
They are located in Taman Bukit Kempas which is just less than a 20 minutes drive from the town by taking EDL highway. Also, they are located near to Hospital Permail within the driving distance of approximately 10 minutes.
Services | Nursing Care
Oxygen Therapy Dietician Control Meals
Wound Dressing
Ambulance Service |
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Address | 50, Jalan Bukit Kempas 4/3, Taman Bukit Kempas, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. [Google Map] [Waze] |
Contact Details | +6016 7150 393 |
Operating Hours | Monday - Sunday (11AM - 6PM) |
Highlights:
Reasonable & affordable price ranges
Hilltop bungalow
Customer reviews:
"My father had a short two months stay at the Care Centre. This is a Care Centre with a HEART. l am very grateful to Mr Yeo and his team for taking good care of my father, and even extend their service beyond what is needed. Great job! Thank you."
-Choon Kit W. "See,visit the place to believe.It's a great environment for recuperating patients.loving caring committed and experienced management and staff.plenty of activities for in house patients to keep them occupied and also celebrates birthdays,and almost all major festivities."
-Charlie W.
7. Jasper Lodge
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Jasper Lodge JB is a homely care centre with a wide front compound, which is located in a safe and quiet neighbourhood. They are managed by professional doctors and registered nurses. Whether it is skilled nursing care or assisted living, their team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists are always ready to help. At Jasper Lodge, they strive to create a warm and friendly environment for the residents while treating each individual with respect and sensitivity. As such, the residents will be able receive high quality care and restore their health while having a comfortable time staying in the home. Jasper Lodge JB is located near to KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital and Sultanah Aminah Hospital, which is within a 7-minute drive.
Services | Skilled Nursing Stroke Care Dementia Care Palliative Care Respite Care Parkinson's Care |
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Contact Details | +603-2935 9960 |
Operating Hours | Monday - Sunday (10AM - 8PM) |
Highlights:
Warm & friendly environment
Centre with wide front compound
Customer reviews:
“We wish to extend our sincere gratitude to Jasper Lodge for taking care of our mom these past 3 months. The staff have been instrumental in helping mom cope with her recovery following her hip replacement surgery. Their professional and kind approach with mom also gave us much peace knowing that mom is in good and gentle hands during our absence.”
-P. Teh “Thanks for all your help thus far. Amazing experience with Jasper Lodge. The staff especially took such great care of my dad, it’s very rare to find a combination of professionalism and humanity these days, so thank you!”
-W.Y. Yong
8. City Heart Care Licensed Nursing Home
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City Heart Care Licensed Nursing Home was established in 1993, which is the 1st and the pioneer to be registered as a nursing home in Johor Bahru, endorsed by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. This is a spacious bungalow nursing home with a high space-to-bed ratio and quality nursing care with high caregivers and nurses-to-residents ratio. They provide the residents with an excellent, serene, clean, green environment with quality healthcare. Residents are able to recuperate, recover and engage socially. They are located near to Hospital Permai, which is within the driving distance of approximately 5 minutes only.
Services | Skilled Nursing Care Rehabilitation Service Ambulance Service |
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Operating Hours | Monday - Sunday (8AM - 7PM) |
Highlights:
Spacious bungalow
High nurse-to-residents ratio
Customer reviews:
"My mom is currently living in this nursing home. The place is a nice and clean too. The boss is chinese and kind-hearted person too. I could tell that from the way patients sees him when he was bringing us around for show round."
-Valerie L.
"A very clean and good place for residences. Good service, well experience and qualified staff. Will recommend this place to others." -Kavimalar A.
9. Noble Care Nursing Home
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Noble Care started its services for the first time in 2010 and has helped thousands of families suffering from the challenges of caring for old folks in terms of medical, physical, and emotional needs. They are well-equipped model centres that work and provide holistic care and quality services to old and ailing community members.
They have experienced nurses who know how to deal with patients. Also, their nursing staff have the abilities and skills to organize recreational activities like puzzle games, painting, ball games, daily exercise and outdoor activities by which the old folks can enjoy themselves throughout their aging process. They are located near to KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital and Sultanah Aminah Hospital JB , within the driving distance of approximately 10 minutes.
Services | Palliative Care Dementia Care Respite Care Senior Citizens Care Stroke & Cancer Care Handicapped Care |
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Operating Hours | Open 24 Hours |
Highlights:
Personalized brain and memory exercise
Social party & gathering
Customer reviews:
"Awesome Services, Thanks Dr. Ejaz" -Muhammad I.
10. Hillville Aged Care Home
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Hillville Aged Care Home is a lovely home that provides good, quality care and accommodation for aged people, with a commitment to excellence. Their home with its landscaped garden is located on an 8-acre parcel of land called HisLand surrounded by beautiful, quiet and guarded residential dwellings in the midst of a lush golf course. Their home is spacious and specifically designed with an elevator to cater for the care and needs of aged and disabled residents. They are located near to Columbia Asia Hospital Tebrau, which is approximately a 13-minute drive away.
Services | Nursing Care |
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Address | Lot 156608, Off Jln Persiaran Ponderosa Utama, Taman Ponderosa, Johor Bahru, Malaysia [Google Map] [Waze] |
Contact Details | 07-357 8500 |
Operating Hours | Monday - Saturday (10AM - 5PM) Sunday (Closed) |
Highlights:
Christian nursing home
8-acre parcel of land
Nursing home with passenger lift
Customer reviews:
"A nursing home for the elderly at the junction of Ponderosa Golf in a peaceful and serene setting. It is a center for the elderly to enjoy their old age. Compared with some centers, the equipment and nursing staff here are relatively complete and sufficient."
-Chee Kiong T.
"I am very grateful to everyone at Hillville Aged Care Home, who has been taking care of my grandmother very patiently and attentively. She has been very happy in the past few years. During this time, our family is very relieved. Her food and health here are all in good condition. Received very good care, and the nurses also took care of every elderly person very carefully. . . Thank you for your dedication.”
-Ray L.