Great news for 60+ Mumbaikars! The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to set up five recreational centres for senior citizens in Mumbai (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Civic-body-to-construct-five-recreational-centres-for-senior-citizens/articleshow/21001973.cms).Later,they plan to construct such centres in every ward in Mumbai. It is an useful and much required initiative from BMC, where free recreational activities and facilities such as yoga, bridge, sudoku, chess, carom, newspapers, magazines and TV watching etc will also be provided to them at these centres on every Sunday (7am-7pm).
This initiative comes under one of the welfare policy of BMC which also aims at providing healthcare facilities to senior citizens such as free surgery in civic hospitals, a special helpline for them,special health desk for them in all the major civic hospitals and a special geriatric section to be created in BMC hospitals for them.
There is no doubt that these are great initiatives which directly aims at promotion of well-being and maintenance of healthy ageing among senior citizens.Such efforts should be made my government authorities in other parts of India as well for the well-being of senior citizens. However, to make the purpose of the recreational programme more effective, I personally feel that instead of only Sunday, such recreational facilities should be provided to senior citizens on other days of the week as well. Also, special emphasis should be made by concerned authorities towards creating awareness about these programmes(both recreational and healthcare related) among senior citizens and towards its proper implementation. Without this it may not be able to fulfill its purpose.
This initiative comes under one of the welfare policy of BMC which also aims at providing healthcare facilities to senior citizens such as free surgery in civic hospitals, a special helpline for them,special health desk for them in all the major civic hospitals and a special geriatric section to be created in BMC hospitals for them.
There is no doubt that these are great initiatives which directly aims at promotion of well-being and maintenance of healthy ageing among senior citizens.Such efforts should be made my government authorities in other parts of India as well for the well-being of senior citizens. However, to make the purpose of the recreational programme more effective, I personally feel that instead of only Sunday, such recreational facilities should be provided to senior citizens on other days of the week as well. Also, special emphasis should be made by concerned authorities towards creating awareness about these programmes(both recreational and healthcare related) among senior citizens and towards its proper implementation. Without this it may not be able to fulfill its purpose.
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