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QC adopt foreign programs for seniors

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Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista is considering adopting some programs for the elderly in some countries with aging populations, such as Japan, Hawaii or European countries.

In line with this, the Mayor has instructed the Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (Osca) to study how the city government could come up with more active programs that will let  senior citizens remain competitive and productive despite their age.

Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista

The city government is mandated to allocate at least one percent of its annual budget to programs for senior citizens in the city. Its implementation, provided for under an ordinance, will commence in 2017. The Quezon City government is the first local government unit in the country to come up with such an ordinance.

 “We are studying how best to use the funds to assist the elderly,” the Mayor said.         

The OSCA record some 400,000 registered senior citizens in the city.               

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The city’s government’s efforts to provide senior citizens greater access to quality health services also include enrolment in the Community Health Information Tracking System.     

Bautista is also hiring retirees on part-time basis as tutors for public schools, caregivers for health centers, value formation teachers for day-care centers and as support staff in the city’s department of public order and safety for retired military and police officers.   

The city’s social services development department oversees the implementation of the city’s volunteer work program for senior citizens and retirees with skills, which had been described as a pioneering effort by a local government unit. As a token of appreciation for their volunteer work, the city government is providing each retiree with a monthly incentive pay of P3,500 for rendering 24 hours of volunteer work in a month. 

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