May 13, 2021 · Many of our elderly have no golden years to speak of. According to official figures, more than 800 thousand or 9.1 % of Filipinos aged 60 and over in 2018 lived below the unbelievably low poverty threshold of Php71 a day.

Jan 22, 2021 · Policies currently in place supporting elderly poverty in the Philippines include the Health and Wellness Plan for Senior Citizens (HWPSC), the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003 and the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.

The Philippines has an increasingly aging population thereby increasing the demand for healthcare and support from families. Studies showed that the family is the main caregiver of elderly parents/adults as dictated by the Filipino culture of filial ...

The elderly population in the Philippines is steadily increasing in the past decade. As of the latest NSCB figures, the elderly dependent population (aged 65 and older) comprises 3.83 percent of the population; by 2025 it is expected that the elderly will be 10.25 percent of the population.

Aug 10, 2023 · A review of the literature on the Filipino elderly reveals that social and cultural expectations of filial duty and obligations are still strong in the Filipino family.

Given my research interest in poverty in the Philippine context, I used an SRA grant to investigate the individual-, family-, and community-level factors that promote resilience among Filipino parents living in low-income neighborhoods in Manila.

Jul 15, 2015 · The current landscape of health care assistance to the Filipino elderly, mainly family-based and family-ori- ented, is under threat. Globalization and international migration impact on...

-a strategy to improve the capacities of family members, kinship carers and homecare volunteers in caring for sick, frail, bedridden or disabled elderly family member.

families who are in subsistence level are referred to as the poorest of the poor (Philippine Statistics Authority as quoted in Philippine Star 2014). Labor migration is rampant.

As the share of older Filipinos is expected to increase in the coming years, Filipino families, the government, and society in general will have to confront the challenges of providing care and support to the older population.