A ‘silya’ for seniors everywhere
Tito Lorete Alcala is not one to wait for the annual Grandparents’ Day celebration to honor the elderly.
Tito Lorete Alcala is not one to wait for the annual Grandparents’ Day celebration to honor the elderly.
Here is one guy who won’t take things sitting down. In the few times that Tito Lorete Alcalá took his 83-year-old parents to the mall, he observed how eager they were to step out of their comfort zone and see new places. But within minutes of strolling in the mall, the elderly couple would ask to be seated, a simple request that was not always possible in the often-crowded shopping areas where space is a premium.
Theodore Stalder, 77, is a relatively healthy man. A voracious reader—his all-time favorite broadsheet is PDI, he said—the Swiss national is sharp and still does things on his own, when many people his age already need assistance.
1. Affordable cost of living — The monthly expenses for housing, food, transportation and even labor costs anywhere in the Philippines are quite reasonable and affordable for most retirees that
There’s a Chinese proverb that says: “A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.” I wonder how many believe that. Not that I have illusions of being a treasure, or even becoming one. But it would be nice, wouldn’t it? To be held in high regard is among life’s loftiest aspirations, right alongside the fervent desire to be respected, loved and, yes, needed.
Tucked along Lancaster St., Pasay City, is San Lorenzo Ruiz Home for the Elderly, run by the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Last week I accompanied my mother for a laboratory test. As we sat waiting for her turn, we noticed an elderly woman who was limping from one desk to another, in an apparent attempt to complete the papers required prior to the test. In obvious frustration, she said aloud to no one in particular in the waiting room: “Kaya naman kung minsan gusto ko nang mamatay.”
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
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