Inaugurating an Anbucholai at Ponmalai in Trichy city, the chief minister, accompanied by Social Welfare Minister Geetha Jeevan, interacted with the inmates and played carrom with a few.
The HP Ghosh Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital at Salt Lake, today launched a unique scheme involving doctors at doorstep through a health card named, “Snehobondhon” for the senior citizens of the city.
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on Wednesday said it is supporting over 708 NGOs operating continuous care homes, physiotherapy centres, old age homes, and mobile medicare units through the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC).
The event witnessed the participation of over 400 senior citizens and 150 police personnel, including senior officials such as the Special Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, and Deputy Commissioners from all districts of the city.
Travel is therapeutic, especially for seniors, as it offers a distinctive opportunity to break away from their routine lives. Not only does it contribute to sharpening their perspectives and adapting to new situations, but it also aids in building a robust coping mechanism.
In a survey carried out by Statistics Korea in May, 55.7 percent of senior citizens aged between 65 and 79 said they want to "continue to work."
Attending a customers’ meet of a public sector bank in Kolkata and listening to the praise that bank customers showered upon the branch manager and his team aroused in me the thought that in the era of rapid digitization
While this social aberration has been around for decades, everyday examples demonstrate the continued presence of this iniquitous practice.
Petitions Committee has summoned officials of the finance department as well as those of the social welfare department to get to the bottom of the matter.
According to the government spokesman, nearly 7. 5 lakh senior citizens in the state have enrolled in the scheme.
