COMMUNITY – BASED PROGRAMS
Non- Residential Care Program for older Persons
This provides life-giving support to older persons living with their families and relatives in the community through the following services:
- 1. Health and Nutrition Services
- Monthly food provision
- Medicines provision with doctor’s prescription
- Medical check-up and treatment when necessary
- Health education in coordination with the Nursing affiliates
- 2. Assistance for House Repair
- 3. Economic Support/ Livelihood Management
- Training on Livelihood Management
- Capital loan assistance (Interest-free)
- 4. Mortuary/ burial assistance to the families of older people
- 5. Access to Support Systems for older persons/ Linkages with the Federation of Senior
Citizens through:
- Capacity- building and socio-cultural activities and civic education.
- Advocacy for the full implementation of the Expanded Law for Senior Citizens
- Membership in Asilo’s Cooperative
- 6. Spiritual Activities
- Community participation in the threefold function of the Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) namely: worship, evangelization and service.
- Participation in BEC- Bible Service in the adopted puroks
- Advent/ Lenten Recollections