CHN CU:8 - Republic Act

Question 1

provides for the minimum
requirements and standards to make buildings, facilities, and utilities for public use accessible
to persons with disability, including older persons who are confined to wheelchair and those
who have difficulty in walking or climbing stairs, among others

Answer 1

Republic act No. 344 or Accessibility Law of 1982

Question 2

known as “an act to maximize the contribution of senior citizens to nation building,
grant benefits and special privileges and for other purposes

Answer 2

RA 7432

Question 3

An Act Establishing a senior Citizens Center in all Cities and
Municipalities of the Philippines, and Appropriating Funds Therefore

Answer 3

RA 7876

Question 4

provides for the institutionalization and enhancement of the social
reform agenda by creating the National Anti-Poverty commission (NAPC)

Answer 4

RA 8425

Question 5

an act granting additional
benefits and privileges to senior citizens, further amending Republic Act No. 7432

Answer 5

RA 9994 or Expanded Seniors Citizen Act of 2010

Question 6

mandates that all government agencies and instrumentalities should allocate one percent of
their total agency budget to programs and projects for older persons and persons with
disability

Answer 6

RA 10155 or The General Appropriations Act of 2012

Question 7

An Act Providing For the Mandatory Philhealth Coverage for All
Senior Citizens

Answer 7

RA 10645

Question 8

An Act Honoring and Granting
Additional Benefits and Privileges to a FILIPINO CENTENARIANS

Answer 8

RA 10868 or Centenarians Act of 2016

Question 9

declares the first week of OCTOCER of
every year as “ Elderly Filipino Week.”

Answer 9

Presidential Proclamation No. 470, Series of 1994

Question 10

declaring a “Nationwide Observance
in the Philippines of the International Year of Older Persons”

Answer 10

Presidential Proclamation No. 1048, Series of 1999

Question 11

providing for group homes and foster homes for neglected, abandoned, abused,
detached, and poor older persons and persons with disabilities.

Answer 11

Executive Order No. 105, series of 2003

Question 12

This plan aims to ensure
giving priority to community-based approaches which are gender-responsive, with effective
leadership and meaningful participation of senior citizens in decision-making processes, both
in the context of family and community.

Answer 12

Philippine Plan of Action for senior Citizens (2011-2016)

Question 13

It shall train community-based health workers among senior citizens and health
personnel to specialize in the geriatric care and health problems of senior citizens.

Answer 13

RA 9257