A day care centre for senior citizens with disabilities has been opened in Chandigarh.
The first of its kind centre is opened at Aashakiran, Sector 46. Chandigarh Child and Women Development Corporation under the aegis of UT Social Welfare Department has set up this centre with an aim of promoting ‘Ageing with joy and dignity’. The Centre will provide social and emotional support, psychological counseling, recreational activities. Some of the facilities at the centre include religious discourse, provision of music with audio station, health services, computer room with wi-fi facility, birthday and anniversary celebrations, indoor games, periodical outings, training programmes, legal aid through State legal service Authority among others. An official of the UT Social Welfare Department said that the day care centre for senior citizens with disabilities has been set up in order to provide quality clinical and social service in a safe, supportive and stimulating environment to those elderly disabled adults who can not remain alone but do not require 24 hour residential care.