HOME FOR THE ELDERLY

Home for the Elderly is a regional facility operated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX in partnership with the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, which provides temporary shelter and care to dependent, needy and abandoned Filipino Senior Citizens. Eligible for admission in the center are senior citizens 60 years and above who are abandoned, neglected, homeless and unattached and with no contagious disease.

The center aims to provide clients with residential care to enable them to lead normally and live life decently through provision of rehabilitative programs and services that are geared towards the maintenance of their physical, social and psychological functioning.

It also prepare residents for the eventual return and union with their families and / or foster families with the hope that the family dynamics will be strengthened during their late years in life.