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This is a proposal from the Department of Staff sponsored by La Caixa with the participation of 60 seniors and user residences San Diego, Caser, Sunday Sastre, Poncemar Day Centre in Tertia and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Associations.

Policy Councilmember Mayor of the City of Lorca, María del Carmen Ruiz, along with the Director of the business area La Caixa in our city, José María Martínez, presented this morning a new sports and leisure activities for older people called "Senior Athletes."

This is a proposal that emerges from this municipal area that is expected to take part a total of 60 elderly people from nursing homes Caser, Sunday Sastre and San Diego, as well as users of Alzheimer, Parkinson Association and the Center day of Poncemar Foundation in the hamlet of Tertia.

Jódar Ruiz explained that through the socio-cultural program the Department of Social Policy Staff intend to develop projects and activities such as this, in which players are our greatest assets, and one of the key objectives on which works part of this Council is to provide our major projects in which they develop an active, direct participation, responding to a social reality, as the group of older people should not be viewed only as a passive recipient of action administrations, but as active sector have much to contribute, fleeing archaic stereotypes associated with their passivity and emphasis on functional dependency, rather than their potential.

The "Senior Athletes" activity, on Wednesday May 28 will be held from 10:30 h in the sports hall of The Malls, offers open to the reality of older people, convinced of the benefits that the experience physical activity, conviviality and leisure contribute to our health and self esteem.

Thus arises in order to contribute to the maintenance of the physical and functional status of people over the welfare of our town centers, while favoring tolerance and solidarity from the acceptance of diversity.

This program aims at creating opportunities for social, cultural and sports arena where our elders do not miss to enjoy the role of active aging in any parcel of our community.

We therefore attempted to promote events suitable conditions in our society which are the protagonists and adapting these activities to be inclusive, designed in accordance with the approach outlined from the participating entities.

Its main objectives are to facilitate the inter-center relationship as a way to share experience, create quality of life, wellbeing and personal satisfaction of our elders maintain inclusive spaces for older dependents, as well as facilitate communication and personal interaction with new people outside its center by expanding their social peer relationships.

Different games and activities will be physical, sensory, cognitive and computer.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca