The economy’s silver lining
The “silver” market in the Philippines is turning out to be a gold mine just waiting to be fully tapped. For one thing, the number of senior citizens or people
August 13, 2011
The “silver” market in the Philippines is turning out to be a gold mine just waiting to be fully tapped. For one thing, the number of senior citizens or people
There are, according to 2007 figures from the National Statistics Office, 3.6 million elderly folk in the Philippines aged 65 and above, majority or 56.8 percent of them women. According
Three siblings – half of an entire brood – sat at the last row of the assembly. They had planned on being at the forum-workshop in full force, all five
Alfredo Torres, OTRP, chief occupational therapist of the National Center for Mental Health, has provided a list of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and tips on how caregivers can
WHAT is it like to live for a hundred years? The question has been on my mind as we anticipate my mother’s hundredth birthday on October 26. Born in 1911,
You lie awake at night and think to yourself, “There’s got to be something better than this.” It can’t be just me, night after night, sitting in bed watching in
Filipinos and other Asians like to scoff at the western countries’ nursing homes for the aged, describing them as examples of “western materialism,” institutions where the young “dump” their parents
Exporting culture may seem unthinkable, but that is exactly what’s happening to Korean arts and culture. When other Asian telenovelas invaded local television screens, many thought it was just a
There are really only two things to do in Hong Kong: shop and eat. Hong Kong has become quite the showcase for the best cuisine. But most of all, some
3.6 million: Estimated number of Filipinos aged 65 and older, according to the latest data from the National Statistics Office as of 2007. This figure represents 4.1 percent of the
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