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House bill seeks creation of nursing home in each province

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<div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>MANILA — Bulacan 3rd District Rep. Lorna Silverio has filed a bill to build a nursing home in each province of the Philippines.</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>House Bill 10193 is meant to benefit abandoned and neglected seniors as well as those who are homeless or are in residences that are uninhabitable to them. </span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/01/10/24/is-an-aging-population-good-or-bad-for-ph" id="isPasted">READ: </a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/01/10/24/is-an-aging-population-good-or-bad-for-ph">Indigent senior citizens to receive P1,000 social pension monthly</a></span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>The bill tasks local government units with building the nursing homes, which the Department of Social Welfare will maintain.</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>The nursing homes shall provide institutionalized residential care program as well as food, shelter and medical and social services.</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>Senior citizens made up 5.4 percent of the Philippine population in 2020. By 2030, they may constitute 7% of the population.</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>&quot;Some of our senior citizens were neglected by their family members mainly attributed to financial constraints. &quot; Silverio said in her explanatory note.</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>She said that Filipinos traditionally take care of elderly relatives themselves, but &quot;due to limitations, some families are not able to do it.&quot;</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/01/10/24/is-an-aging-population-good-or-bad-for-ph">RELATED: </a></span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/01/10/24/is-an-aging-population-good-or-bad-for-ph">Is an aging population good or bad for PH?</a><br/><span></span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>Silverio said that these situations are &quot;where the government can step in to preserve the strong familial ties of Filipino families.&quot;</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span>Pensioners received an average of P4,888 a month as of December 2022, the Social Security System said in a Facebook post in May 2023.</span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;--darkreader-inline-color:#e8e6e3"><span></span><br/></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 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<p>The bill tasks local government units with building the nursing homes, which the Department of Social Welfare will maintain.</p>

The bill tasks local government units with building the nursing homes, which the Department of Social Welfare will maintain.