TY - BOOK AU - Monje, Jennifer D. TI - How can DSWD's social pension program for indigent senior citizens be improved? SN - 16565266 PY - 2022/// CY - Quezon City PB - Philippine Institute for Development Studies KW - Older people -- Social Conditions KW - Philippines. N1 - PIDS Policy Notes no. 2022-02 (January 2022), 1-6; Includes bibliography N2 - In the Philippines, senior citizens --- those aged 6- years and older --- enjoy many legally mandated benefits and privileges. The passage of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010 also provided cash assistance of PHP500 per month (PHP6,000 per year) to indigent seniro citizens to augment their expenses on food and medicines. ER -