SALIENT

FEATURES ON
RA 9994
Glory Joyce B. Almine, RSW
 Indications
• Increase demands on age-appropriate
care, including long-term care, services
and technologies for prevention,
detection and treatment of diseases.
• Multiple challenges that severely restrict
their human rights and their contribution
to society
• Reduce their working hours or stop
working because of retirement
options, health issues or family
responsibilities.
• Older persons are especially affected
by displacement caused by conflict
and natural hazards
• Another persistent challenge is
ageism—prejudice and
discrimination towards older persons
• Abuse of older
women and
men—physical,
emotional or
financial, neglect
and
abandonment.
 Why Elder Abuse Victims
Don’t tell?
• Incarceration for the abuser
• Fear of Public Scrutiny
• Feel shamed having raised such child
• Lack of awareness
• Always hope that the abuse will stop
National Mandates
• The Philippine Constitution defined the
duty of the FAMILY to care for its
elderly members and allowed the State
to also do so through just programs of
social security.
• R.A. 9257 grant Additional Benefits
and Privileges to Senior Citizens.
National Mandates
• R.A. 7432 maximized the contribution
of Senior Citizens to Nation Building as
well as grant benefits and special
privileges
• Republic Act No. 7876 mandated the
establishment of a Senior Citizens
Center in All Cities and Municipalities
of the country
R.A. 9994 otherwise known
as Expanded Senior Citizens
Act of 2010
R.A. 9994
AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND
PRIVILEGES TO SENIOR CITIZENS, FURTHER
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO
MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR
CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT
BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES”
 2015 CBMS Data
Senior Citizen
Agusan del Sur
Senior Senior
Total SC Percentag
Municipality Citizen Citizen
Population e
Female Male

Prosperidad 2772 3006 5778 12%

AGUSAN DEL SUR 23967 24101 48068 100%

 As of A.Y. 2018
Senior
Senior
Citizen Total SC
Citizen
Male Populatio
Female Senior Senior Total SC
City/Mun (Based n (Based Percentage
(Based Citizen Citizen Populatio
icipality on on CBMS equevalent
on Female Male n
CBMS 2015)
CBMS
2015)
2015)
Prosperid
ad 2772 3006 5778 2532 2094 5345 11%

AGUSAN
DEL SUR 23967 24101 48068 22361 18057 45098 93.82%
Registered SC Population based on the submitted reports during SC
Regular Bi-Monthly Meetings of SC Federation Officers, OSCA Heads wth
SC Focal Persons
A SENIOR CITIZEN or
ELDERLY is “any resident
citizen of the Philippines at
least sixty (60) years old,” ~
R.A. 9994
List of Benefits &
Privileges of the Elderly
DISCOUNTS
20% discount on:
• Medical-related privileges
• Transportation
• Hotels, restaurants, recreational facilities, places of
leisure
• Recreation centers
• Funeral services

Utility discount
Grant of a minimum of 5% discount relative to the
monthly use of water (30 cubic meter) and electricity
(100 kilowatt per hour)
 List of Benefits &
Privileges of the Elderly
EXEMPTIONS
Tax exemption
Exemption from payment of individual income
tax of those who are considered to be
minimum wage earners
Training fee exemption
Training fees for socio-economic programs
conducted by private and government
agencies
FREEBIES
Free medical and dental services
Free vaccinations
List of Benefits &
Privileges of the Elderly
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
Social Pension
Indigent senior citizens shall be entitled to a monthly
stipend amounting to P500 to augment daily subsistence
and other medical needs.
Mandatory PhilHealth coverage
All senior citizens are covered by the national health
insurance program of PhilHealth.
Social safety nets
The social safety assistance shall include food, medicines,
and financial assistance for house repair to cushion effects
of economic, disaster and calamity shocks.
List of Benefits &
Privileges of the Elderly
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
Death benefit assistance
Assistance of a minimum of P2,000 shall be given to the
nearest surviving relative who took care of the deceased
senior citizen.

OTHERS
Express lanes
Express lanes shall be provided in all private, banking,
commercial and government establishments; priority shall
be given in their absence.
List of Benefits &
Privileges of the Elderly
Educational privileges
Assistance shall be granted to senior citizens to pursue
education through provision of scholarships, grants, financial
aids, subsidies and other incentives.
Benefits and privileges for retirees
Continuance of the same benefits and privileges by GSIS, SSS
and PAG-IBIG as enjoyed by those in active service.
Privileges on special discounts in special programs
In order to avail of these benefits, the senior citizen or
his/her authorized representative shall present a valid and
original Senior Citizens’ Identification Card.
 Penalties
• First Violation- a fine not less than fifty thousand
pesos (50,000Php) but not exceeding one
hundred thousand pesos (100,000Php) and
imprisonment for not less than two (2) years but
not more than six (6) years .
• Subsequent Violation- a fine not less than one
hundred thousand pesos (100,000Php) but not
exceeding two hundred thousand pesos
(200,000Php) and imprisonment for not less than
two (2) years but not more than six (6) years .
The Office for Senior
Citizens Affairs (OSCA).
There shall be established in all cities and
municipalities an OSCA to be headed by a senior
citizen who shall be appointed by the mayor for
a term of three (3) years without reappointment
but without prejudice to an extension if
exigency so requires. Said appointee shall be
chosen from a list of three (3) nominees as
recommended by a general assembly of senior
citizens organizations in the city or municipality.
The OSCA shall have the following functions:
(a) To plan, implement and monitor yearly work
programs in pursuance of the objectives of
this Act;

(b) To draw up a list of available and required

services which can be provided by the senior
citizens;
c) To maintain and regularly update on a
quarterly basis the list of senior citizens and to
issue national individual identification cards,
free of charge, which shall be valid anywhere in
the country

(d) To serve as a general information and liason

center for senior citizens;
(e) To monitor compliance of the provisions of
this Act particularly the grant of special
discounts and privileges to senior citizens;

(f) To report to the mayor, any individual,

establishments, business entity, institutions or
agency found violating any provision of this Act;
and
(g) To assist the senior citizens in filing
complaints or charges against any individual,
establishments, business entity, institution, or
agency refusing to comply with the privileges
under this Act before the Department of Justice
(DOJ), the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office, the
regional or the municipal trial court, the
municipal trial court in cities, or the municipal
circuit trial court.”
 Penalties
• Any person who abuses the privileges- a fine
not less than fifty thousand pesos (50,000Php)
but not exceeding one hundred thousand
pesos (100,000Php) and imprisonment for not
less than six (6) months.
• If an offender is an alien or foreigner- he/she
shall be deported immediately after service of
sentence without further deportation
proceedings.
 Penalties
• Upon filing of an appropriate complaint, and
after due notice and hearing, the proper
authorities may also cause the cancellation or
revocation of the permit, permit to operate,
franchise and other similar privileges granted
to any person, establishment or business
entity that fails to abide by the provisions of
the Act and these Rules.
 Penalties
• If the offender is a corporation, partnership,
organization or any similar entity the officials
thereof directly involved in such as the
president, general manager, managing
partner, or such other officer charged with the
management of business affairs shall be liable
thereof
Say PAK if the statement
is TRUE and GANERN if
FALSE
 QUIZ: PAK GANERN
• Set orders primarily marketed for
children like McDonald’s Happy Meal
or Jollibee’s Kiddie Meal entitled to
20 % discount.
• A maximum amount or cap of
1000php in every purchase is
needed to avail the discount on SC
and VAT exemption.
• Senior Citizen can avail both
discounts.
• Senior Citizens cannot avail
discounts on single serving
liquors .
 Questions
• Sari-sari stores and groceries
operating inside the wet market
are they also bound for the 5%
discount.
Thank you…
No elderly person should be like an
“exile” in our families. The elderly
are treasure for our society.

-Pope Francis, Archdiocese of Kuala

Lumpur