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Lessons from the elderly

"If the conversations had run through the alphabet, three letters gleamed and gave us an impression: he stands beside the letters H, B, and...

Ordanes seeks adjustments in indigency for elderly

Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes of the Senior Citizen partylist on Wednesday said several agencies in the executive departments can raise indigency limits for availing of...

DOH okays 2nd booster for elderly, frontliners

Health workers and the elderly may now receive a second booster against COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. Messenger RNA vaccines such as...

Lola and Leni

An elderly supporter gets up close to Vice President Leni Robredo (left) as the ‘lola’ joined an estimated 165,000 supporters at the Nuvali Open...

Elderly care homes in eye of Hong Kong’s deadly Covid storm

Kathleen Wong thought her 89-year-old mother was lucky to get a coveted spot in a government nursing home, but now she watches in horror...

Binay: Family members taking care of elderly deserve benefits

Former Vice President Jejomar Binay on Thursday said benefits should be given to family members taking care of their elderly parents. “Since the pandemic began,...

Build homes for aged, neglected

"This is a better option than suing their children who abandon them."   There is a growing concern in Congress about old and disabled members of...

Life in quarantine: Idle seniors urged to stay active at home

The older population remains one the groups most vulnerable to developing severe coronavirus disease. In the European region, people aged 60 years and above...

Sweden admits failure to protect elderly in care homes

Bjorn Branngard's mother died in a Stockholm nursing home where five of the eight people in her section and more than a third of...

Barangay center for elderly eyed

A lawmaker has proposed the creation of Senior Citizens Technology and Livelihood Center in every barangay in the country to motivate and encourage the...

Life begins at 60

There is always a reason for regrets when one is 60. S-i-x-t-y! The person that used to be there, the true salt-of-the-earth person one...

Cash gift sought for elderly in their 90s

SENIOR Citizen Party-list Rep. Francisco Datol Jr. says he has thought of a way to enable senior citizens aged 90 or nonagenarians to qualify...

Going the extra mile for ‘special’ patients

Recognizing the treatment needs of the “special population” among patients would definitely augment the success of their therapy, Manila Doctors Hospital Department of Internal...

DSWD allots P31m for elderly pension

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—The Department of Social Welfare and Development has allotted more than P31 million for the social pension of elderly in the province. Jane...
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