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PRODUCTIVE
LIFESTYLE AND A
BETTER QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR OLDER
PERSONS ARE
PROMOTED.
INDICATOR
TARGET
Morbidity among
older persons
is reduced.
Morbidity rate
Reduce by 50
from all causes per percent.
100,000 older
persons.
To be determined
Mean life
expectancy.
70.5 years
Male: 67.8 years
Female:72.8 years
Philippine
Statistical
Yearbook,
2004.
72 years
Male: 70 years
Female: 75 years
BASELINE DATA
AND SOURCE
Redefine the minimum health care package for older persons. The package should
consist of health services tied up with pre-financed sources of care in order to
improve accessibility to older persons.
Build the capacity of health human resources toward the promotion, prevention,
cure and supportive care for older persons.
Pursue the implementation of laws and policies for the protection and
improvement of the quality of life of older persons such as the RA9257 or The
Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003.
1. Management of illness
4. Mental health
5. Oral care
REFERENCE:
Department of Health. (2005, October). National Objectives for Health 20052010. Retrieved from
http://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NOH2005.pdf