DAPITHAPON - A 5-part documentary which features the lives of elderlies in the Philippines

Filipino families are known for having a nuclear or joint family system where all the members live with their elderly. Although many of them have many financial problems and space constraints in their homes, they still manage to accommodate their grandparents with them when they are no longer able to take care of themselves. They feel morally obligated to fulfill their duties as sons and daughters by taking care of their parents in their old age.

Dapithapon which also means the day's end, documents the lives of Lola Lydia and Lola Anching - just two of more than half a million Filipino elderly who are still working because of poverty despite their old age. The documentary also brings us to the Golden Acres Home for the Aged where parents who were abandoned and neglected by their children share their stories of frustrations and hope while waiting their last remaining days.

People probably need to recognize the fact that they too would become old in a few years and probably go through the same situation that their old parents are going through now. This might make them take a better care of their parents so that their own children would see their example and take good care of them when they are old.

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Source: youtube.com - holyupload channel