Elderly people live happily and healthily

In recent years, the Elderly Association at all levels in the province has actively promoted the emulation movement of the elderly, with the motto "Live happily, live healthily, live happily". Thereby, promoting the role of the elderly, contributing to building an increasingly prosperous homeland and a civilized society.

It has become a habit that every morning, the elderly health clubs in Cao Xa commune, Lam Thao district gather at the cultural houses of residential areas to practice together with skillful and rhythmic fan and stick dance movements, singing gentle and profound folk songs. Although each person has different jobs and circumstances, when participating in the practice, everyone feels happy and relaxed. The club not only helps the elderly in the commune to exercise, spread the spirit of physical exercise, sports, and physical training following the example of great Uncle Ho, but also helps to bring members closer together, to confide, encourage and share with each other the feelings of old age.

Ms. Hoang Thi Kim Loan - Head of the Cao Xa Commune Elderly Association said: There are 15 elderly associations in the commune with a total of 1,935 members. In addition to the health care and art club, the elderly also have physical, badminton, poetry clubs... To contribute to motivating and encouraging the development of cultural, artistic, physical education and sports movements, the Association regularly organizes exchange activities and competitions so that the elderly have a healthy playground and can freely create. Whenever there is a plan to participate in a competition or exchange, the members eagerly prepare costumes, tools, and performances with an excited and joyful spirit.

Staff of Lam Thao District Medical Center examine, consult, and dispense medicine to the elderly in the district.

Currently, the Association of the Elderly in Lam Thao district has 151 branches. In recent years, the Association has always maintained and organized well activities to wish the elderly a long life on the occasion of the beginning of Spring; promptly and fully implemented social protection regimes, paid attention to policy beneficiaries, people with meritorious services, and people in difficult circumstances; coordinated well, examined, consulted, and dispensed medicine to members. At the same time, the Association also promoted the emulation movement "Old age, higher aspirations", promoted the role of the elderly in building a civilized lifestyle, cultural families, actively participated and mobilized children and grandchildren to donate land to build roads, participated in contributing and supporting the movement to build new rural areas (NTM), model NTM residential areas, civilized urban areas...

In particular, the diverse, regular and frequent activities of the elderly at clubs in communes and towns in the district such as: volleyball, health care, poetry, chess, badminton clubs have attracted a large number of members to participate, contributing to promoting the cultural, artistic and sports movement for the masses in general and for the elderly in particular.

Like other localities, in recent years, the Elderly Association in Tan Son district has had many practical activities in preserving the local cultural identity. In addition to the sports movement, the elderly members of Tan Son district also play a key role in clubs and art troupes in residential areas. Up to now, the Elderly Association of communes has established and maintained 73 cultural, artistic and sports clubs attracting nearly 1,500 members.

Not only participating in singing and dancing performances on holidays, Tet, and festivals, the elderly in the localities are always proactive and active in collecting and teaching the younger generation about Vi and Rang singing, gongs, brocade weaving, and teaching the writing and language of the Muong and Dao ethnic groups...

Elderly people in Kim Thuong commune, Tan Son district teach brocade weaving to the younger generation.

As one of the localities actively promoting the role of the elderly in preserving, conserving and promoting the cultural values ​​of the Muong people, Ms. Sa Thi Tam - Head of the Representative Board of the Elderly Association of Kim Thuong commune shared: As a mountainous commune with many difficulties and shortages, the elderly in the locality always focus on caring for, promoting the role of the elderly and actively mobilizing members to participate in activities at cultural preservation clubs, folk arts to preserve and teach the younger generation, hoping that the cultural values ​​of their people will not be lost but will be increasingly developed.

In addition, the Association also actively mobilizes descendants and families to carry out campaigns in the work of promoting learning and talent; the whole people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas, actively contributing to building cultural residential areas.

Currently, the province has more than 220 thousand elderly members. The propaganda work on policies and regimes for the elderly has always been focused and promoted. The establishment of elderly clubs and the improvement of the quality of activities have contributed to improving the spiritual life and health of members.

Along with that, many associations have promoted socialization, actively mobilized businesses and philanthropists to regularly support the Association's activities, especially the care of the elderly such as wishing longevity, celebrating longevity, visiting and giving gifts to the elderly in difficult circumstances, lonely and homeless... to promote good traditions, promote the role and positive contributions of the elderly in the family and society. At the same time, promote the responsibility and attention of Party committees, authorities, departments, branches, unions and the whole society for the work of protecting, caring for and promoting the role of the elderly, which is the motivation for the elderly to "Live happily, live healthily, live happily", always be a shining example, a spiritual support for future generations.

Vy An

Source: https://baophutho.vn/nguoi-cao-tuoi-song-vui-song-khoe-220049.htm