Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)Da Nang (VNA) – The ElderlyPeople’s Association of Da Nang has taken numerous activities, aimed at caringfor local elderly people.
Da Nang is home to more than 90,000 elderlypeople, accounting for some 10 percent of the population, over 19,000 of whomreceive monthly state allowances. The city has three care centres for lonelyelderly people or those without a home.
In the city, every elderly person, with orwithout a retirement pension, is entitled to a monthly allowance and providedwith free health insurance and arrangement benefits when they die.
The association has raised funds to presentgifts for the elderly on New Year holidays or on the occasion of the InternationalDay of Older Persons. The city allocates a considerable amount of its budget tosupporting vulnerable people, including the elderly who normally receive moneyand 15kg of rice per person annually.
No elderly person is Da Nang has to live on thestreet, beg for a living, or stay in poor living conditions.
The Elderly People’s Association of Da Nang hasbeen awarded with the third-class of Labour Order on September 17 inrecognition for its excellent social work throughout the 2013-2017 period.
Speaking at the event, Le Van Kien, head of theboard of representatives of the city’s Elderly People’s Association, said thatthe local elderly population have received good care from state agencies inorder to lead more fulfilling lives.
In response to the national action plan forelderly people, the city aims to have all elder persons with access to medicalcare when they are ill, all lonely older persons to receive community-basedcare, and all district medical clinics to have a gerontology department. –VNA
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