Summary

Brief of the Project The Comprehensive Elderly Care Program is aim to build a comprehensive model that addresses the health, social, psycho-social and economic needs of the elderly in the community. This program comprise of two major interventions viz, health and social. Health intervention supports better accessibility of health services for elderly while social intervention supports the constant engagement of elderly through activity centers ‘Mayechi Sawali’ at village level. The Azim Premji Foundation and its partner organisation Janseva Gramin Vikas va Shikshan Pratishthan jointly implementing this program in five blocks of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra namely Ballarpur, Bhadravati, Chandrapur, Mul and Sawali. The project will be scaled up soon in neighboring blocks as well. Activity Centers The Activity Centre provides an opportunity to the elders for active social engagement and healthy ageing. The goal is to provide a physical location for the elders where they can connect

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