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A Sayamprabha accelerated effect squad has been formed successful each 14 districts to guarantee information and information of the elderly, their rehabilitation, empowerment, and welfare, Minister for Social Justice R. Bindu has said.
Addressing a property league present connected Monday, Dr. Bindu said a grooming programme for those starring the accelerated effect squad and a taste fete successful which aged talents successful the State’s Sayamprabha homes and old-age homes volition instrumentality part, volition beryllium held successful the State capital.
Referring to the State Elderly Policy that was precocious fixed support by the State Cabinet and the precocious formed Kerala State Elderly Commission, the Minister besides spoke astir different projects taken up by the Social Justice section for aged payment specified arsenic Sallapam, Vayosanthwanam, hold of Second Innings location to each authorities old-age homes, and translation of 15 Pakal Veedu (daycare centres) to exemplary Sayamprabha Homes.
The Sayamprabha accelerated effect teams would instrumentality these activities further by providing the aged information erstwhile required, their due rehabilitation, their empowerment, and their reintegration successful society, the Minister said.
The inaugural would acceptable up coordination mechanisms betwixt attraction tribunals for the elderly, the police, catastrophe absorption authorities, and different exigency services for the elderly, she said.
Rehabilitation facilities suited to the aged who person been abandoned, those surviving successful hard circumstances, those without radical to instrumentality attraction of them oregon lacking specified facilities, and those facing maltreatment volition beryllium ensured by the accelerated effect team.
As portion of the initiative, field-level unit and work providers specified arsenic caregivers successful Sayamprabha Homes, method assistants helping gross divisional officers successful implementing the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, tract effect officers, and Model Sayamprabha Home facilitators would beryllium fixed training. The grooming would beryllium held connected Thursday.
The Minister said the Sayamprabha Fest was being held to showcase and promote the talents of the aged surviving successful Sayamaprabha Homes and old-age homes. Nearly 200 aged radical volition instrumentality portion successful the fete. A metropolis circuit connected a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation double-decker autobus has been arranged for them.
Dr. Bindu volition inaugurate the grooming and the Sayamprabha Fest 2026 astatine Kerala Arts and Crafts Village, Vellar, connected Wednesday. M. Vincent, MLA, volition preside.
