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Outcome of the Workshop:• 13 physiotherapists expressed their willingness and signed advantage card programme• Accepted to provide elderly friendly atmosphere in their clinic• Expressed their willingness to release IEC materials which related to Active Ageingand Physiotherapist clinic guide in & around Pondicherry.A Right way to bring awareness about Parents Protection Bill amongElders & Community:An elderly person asking her doubt to theAdvocate in the legal awareness camp8 th August 2012, Age Care- Puducherry arranged aLegal Awareness Camp cum Physio Screeningcamp at Vambakeerapalayam. After a welcomeaddress, Mr. Abdul, Sr. Advocate, Legal ServiceAuthority (Govt. of. Puducherry) explained aboutthe nature & benefits of Parents Protection Bill andhe was also explained the functions of Legal Serviceauthority for the eligible people.Followed by that, Physiotherapist screened the elderly people and given instructions aboutbasic exercise to do at home to improve their ADL. There were 45 elders and communitymembers participated in the awareness camp and 22 elders screened in the camp.Healthy Ageing: Prevention is better than cureActive Ageing and Healthy Ageing is our oneof the main objective of the project. Age Care– Puducherry issued Master Health card for theSenior Citizen Association Members inassociation with Sri Manakula VinayagarMedical College & Hospital, Madagadipet-Puducherry. The card contains initial screeninginformation about the senior citizen. Based onBrief note on Health Card by State in Charge4 No. 13, Rue Arabindo, Puducherry- 1. Phone: 0413- 2222095
the screening and Doctors opinion, the elder will be involved for further test. Every sixmonths their health status would be updated for keeping the senior citizen healthy withawareness about their health. There is a separate column to update outside doctors treatmentplan in that card which is an added advantage of the health card. The Health Card operated inassociation with Sri Manakula Vinayagr Medical College & Hospital (SMVMCH),Madagadipet-Puducherry.As a first step, the health card was issued to Villiyanur Senior Citizen Association membersHealth Card issued by Chief Guest tothe SCA Members(VSCA). The VSCA has 180 members and theprogramme organized on 18 th September 2012 to dothe preliminary screening cum issuing the healthcard to the SCA members. State in Charge -Agecare explained the purpose of the card to themembers.The Health card was issued by the Chief Guest Mr.Natarajan, Ex. MLA of Villiyanur Constituency tothe SCA members. The initial screening has been done by the SMVMCH doctors.Fast & Better Access trough Microsoft LYNC:A half-a-day online training programme has been arranged about to know Microsoft LYNCapplication. The training programme scheduled on 6 th August 2012 at Tamaraikulam EldersVillage. Mr. Visnu Sharma, Sr. Executive from Head Office took the training through onlineand explained about the functions, utilities of the application. Puducherry, Cuddalore & TEVstaff attended the training programme.5 No. 13, Rue Arabindo, Puducherry- 1. Phone: 0413- 2222095
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