SENIOR CITIZENS

An active senior citizen in T Nagar recounts his lockdown experience and leaves a message for all

The COVID-19 lockdown has been especially challenging for senior citizens in many ways. Dependent on others for essentials, deprived of regular medical care except in emergencies and battling loneliness, they can only turn to helplines and volunteers to see them through the crisis.

Senior citizens are the most vulnerable section of our population during this outbreak of coronavirus – both physically and emotionally. Reach out to senior citizens you know and see how you can help them.

Age or illness has not dampened the zeal with which some of Chennai’s senior citizens are working to create a better life for others. Swati Amar meets a few such individuals in the city who are setting sterling examples in how to savour life to the fullest, through sharing and giving!

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Around 100 resident associations of OMR have written to the Chief Minister calling for his immediate intervention to address the prolonged water and sanitation issues faced by them.

Thiru Vi Ka park, which served as vital lung space for the neighbouring communities, has been closed to the public since 2011, when it was taken over for Metro construction. Now, with recent plans of the CMRL, the park and green cover may be lost forever, fear citizens.

Chennai witnesses a significantly high rate of suicides. Helplines serve as one of the last resorts of suicidal persons in the city who can seek help from trained professionals in their darkest hour.

Rock crushing and m-sand units operating in the open and trucks ferrying gravel cause serious pollution and health risks in the Tirusulam area; yet they are also a source of livelihood for residents who often hold their peace for that reason.

The players are aged 40 – 60 plus years, well past the prime of their professional playing careers. Yet they have not only kept their passion alive through the Phoenix Veterans FC, but are also trying to ensure a better future for the sport and native players.

An ordinary citizen becomes a champion of chanGe and helps improve hygiene levels of Royapettah GH’s cancer block, bringing down infection levels and helping the hospital provide

Unlike regular medical facilities, palliative caregivers or hospice centres focus on the social, psychological, financial and emotional needs of a patient, adding both relief and dignity to the life of the sufferer.