This study aimed to assess the level of acceptability of the family members on the institutionalization of elderly as basis in proposing a program. It is aimed to document the socio-demographic profile of the family members, in terms of age, sex, marital status, educational attainment, occupation, annual income, number of family member, number of elderly living with them, and relationship to the elderly living with them, and relationship to the elderly’s socio-demographic profile, in terms of age, sex, marital status, educational attainment, previous occupation, previous annual income, current source of income, and health status. The findings of the study show that a majority of family member-respondents were 35 to 59 years old, female, married, college graduates, teachers, had an annual income of P 150,000 to P 249,000, had a big family composed of seven (7) members or more, had one (1) elderly living with them, and had their elderly parents living with them. As to the profile of the elderly, most of them were 66 to 70 years old, majority were female, widowed, most were college graduates, government employees, earned P 250,000 to P 499,999 annually, indicated that their current source of income was the retirement pension, and a greater number had heart-related problems. On the test of relationship between the socio-demographic profile of the family members and their level of acceptability, regression analysis showed that all socio-demographic profile variables were found to be not significantly related to the level of acceptability of family members on the institutionalization of the elderly. Based on the findings of this study, a program on the institutionalization of elderly was developed to help the elderly promote their welfare through independent senior living, assisted living, long-term nursing care, memory care, and skilled nursing and skilled rehabilitation.
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