ReSPPEC FOR SENIORS. ReSPPEC beneficiary Carinio Masimlad, 91, shares a good laugh with LGU Maco focal on older persons Gay Cenon. With the aim of preventing all forms of abuse against older persons and enabling them enjoy a happier life, as well as helping perpetrators reform, ReSPPEC (Reporting System and Prevention Program for Elder Abuse Cases) is a social technology developed and implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). It is being piloted in San Carlos, Pangasinan; Lambunao, Iloilo; Maco, Compostela Valley; and Valenzuela City. Soon, it will be replicated in other regions. (DSWD)