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Published by Philippine Retirement Authority(PHRA) on Oct. 5, 2023.
Requested from PHRA by J. Leoncio at 10:21 AM on
Oct. 5, 2023.
Purpose: Undergraduate Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2013 - 09/10/2023
Tracking no: #PHRA-501427234643
Hi! I would to ask about the data of the following: Number of retirement facilities in the Philippines Number of elderly residing in retirement facilities in the Philippines Annual number of elderly being brought to retirement facilities in the Philippines Number of elderly in the Philippines
October 13, 2023 Dear Mr. J. Leoncio: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 05 October 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for the following: 1. Number of retirement facilities in the Philippines 2. Number of elderly residing in retirement facilities in the Philippines 3. Annual number of elderly being brought to retirement facilities in the Philippines 4. Number of elderly in the Philippines Response to your request While our aim is to provide information to requesting citizens whenever possible, we regret that the PRA could not provide any for the items enumerated above as that information is not maintained by the PRA. The PRA only caters to foreign retirees who choose to retire in the Philippines through our visa, which is the Special Resident Retirees Visa (SRRV). Kindly refer to the explanations below: For Item 1, PRA has no data on the number of retirement facilities in the Philippines if you are referring to aged care/ home care/elderly care facilities. These facilities operate as private entities without any registration or reporting requirements to PRA. Discretionarily, these kinds of facilities, even condominium establishments may only apply for PRA Retirement Facility Accreditation Program. If you find it helpful, please refer to this link https://pra.gov.ph/retirement-facilities/ for the list of accredited facilities of PRA with valid accreditation as of September 30, 2023. For items 2 to 3, given that accreditation is only discretionary, we do not have information on the number of elderlies residing in the retirement facilities in the Philippines. We wish to provide you with the number of our SRRV holders residing in our accredited facilities, however, as confirmed by our Servicing Division, there are no SRRV holders residing in any of the accredited facilities as listed on our website /same link provided above. For item 4, we can only provide you with the number of Principal SRRV holders who are still active in the program. Our total number of active principal retirees as of June 2023 is 28,619. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Department of Tourism Secretary, Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco and send it through their email at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Ruzielle M. Retoria FOI Receiving Officer