WHEN SPENDING THE TWILIGHT YEARS IN THE US

Our aging OFWs in the US find a haven  through the Nursing Office Community Center. Please find below their vision-mission and goals 

P.E.T.A.  Pagasa Education Training & Advocacy, 2014               

Slogan:  “Lakasan Ang Loob …Ibangon Ang Sarili”

(A Program of PCCSA & The Nursing Office COMMUNITY CENTER)

VISION-MISSION: 

Filipino-American Seniors educated and trained to advocate for their rights to culturally sensitive & competent health-care services or therapies; to fair housing practices; to technological literacy; to financial independence --- nurtured and honed in Senior-friendly spaces/environments with family, friends, and the general community. 

Filipino-American Seniors empowered to support other Seniors in the general community with similar situations or challenges, in their pursuit of happiness and true meaning or purpose in life.

GOALS: 

To reach out to Invisible Seniors living in our community who are seriously challenged by loneliness, isolation, and helplessness, through the activities at the PCCSA & The Nursing Office Community Center, and participation in larger community activities.

To encourage Seniors to expand their range of choices & strengthen support networks that help them address their health, housing, psycho-social, financial, or legal issues (See  www.thenursingoffice.com).

OBJECTIVES

1. Establish Case Management Protocol for technical, legal, financial, health, housing, etc., challenges of Senior citizens, regardless of race, gender, color, or ethnicity.
2. Draw up Support network, contacts, resource, & point person to meet the specific challenge of the Senior citizen.
3. Implement Plan of action to address urgent and/or pending issue of the Senior person and secure a Safe Space to protect confidentiality.
4. Execute timely, appropriate Documentation (paper, electronic, etc.) and Reference files on each Senior’s case.
5. Resolve urgent issues with the least harm, at the least cost to the Senior citizen.
6. Conduct education, skills-training, and advocacy-training classes necessary to upgrade Seniors’ learning & awareness on self-care, health care services, fair housing, financial and legal issues, such as, living will, estate planning, property management, pensions & benefits, social security, taxes & retirement (both here or abroad).

SERVICES

Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program

The Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) Program, effective June 8, 2016, allows certain eligible U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs) to request parole for their eligible family members. For more information:https://www.uscis.gov/fwvp

Homecare Giving

With AARP's "I Love Caregivers" Program

Sisterhood

Sisterhood, Story Telling & Memoirs "Emma Santos: The Doctor's Wife"

The FilAm community is ‘aging,’ seniors underserved: study

Consuelo Almonte, Aka Tito deVera ,Rufina Ghan, Lumen Castaneda (PIDCI 2017)

 

PCCSA sponsors LOLA LAND, starring Fe delos Reyes (Nov 17, 2017, Sheraton Hotel, Flushing, NY)