Page 5 - The Elderly News Today

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China State Council has released a plan for the development of the country elderly care services system during the 14th Five-Year P

Tran Thi Hoa in My Phuc commune in My Loc district of Nam Dinh province has celebrated her 108th Tet. She has 114 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and lives in an old house.

A guide to protecting the vulnerable from COVID

(File photo) BAGUIO CITY - The city's top health official on Thursday said senior citizens and health workers remain as the priority sectors in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing efforts. City Health Services Office chief Dr. Rowena Galpo, in a phone interview, said this is in compliance with the Department of Health's (DOH) directive prioritizing health workers, the elderly, and persons with comorbidities in the testing, as the country sees a surge in Covid-19 cases caused by t...

Philippine Red Cross emergency field hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines (Photo courtesy of PRC) MANILA - The shift to Alert Level 4 status in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring areas is possible but only if the hospital bed utilization rate for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients increases to 71 percent. Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, explained on Saturday that the escalation of the quarantine classification would also take into ...

(PNA file photo) MANILA - A lawmaker is urging the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to roll out a new round of vaccination drive to protect Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and its highly transmissible Omicron variant. In a statement on Monday night, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said the government's pandemic response task force should consider giving additional two doses, considering that some countries are already ...

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- China average life expectancy is expected to reach 78.3 years in 2025, up from 77.3 years in 2019, according to the country 14th fi

Anakalusugan Party-list Rep Mike Defensor (File photo) MANILA - State insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will receive almost PHP80 billion in subsidies allocated under the proposed PHP5.02-trillion 2022 national budget, according to a party-list lawmaker. In a statement on Tuesday, Anakalusugan Party-list Rep Mike Defensor said next year's PhilHealth subsidy amounting to PHP79,990,995,000 is PHPP8.368 billion higher than this year's PHP71.353-billion subsidy. Defensor...

WAITING FOR VAX. Adults and teenagers wait for their second vaccine doses against Covid-19 at the Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center in Fairview, Quezon City on Monday (Nov. 22, 2021). The government has also started giving additional or booster shots to health care workers, the elderly, and immunocompromised adults. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The National Covid-19 Vaccination Drive on November 29 to December 1 will be working days so as not to disrupt economic activities while...

WAITING FOR VAX. Adults and teenagers wait for their second vaccine doses against Covid-19 at the Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center in Fairview, Quezon City on Monday (Nov. 22, 2021). The government has also started giving additional or booster shots to health care workers, the elderly, and immunocompromised adults. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The National Covid-19 Vaccination Drive on November 29 and December 1 will be working days so as not to disrupt economic activities whil...