Page 37 - MEDIA MONITORING JULY 13, 2018

Friday 13 July 2018
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Aruba’s Government together with FCCA are building Independent Elderly Homes in social neighborhoods
SAVANETA ― In connection with various projects taking place on the island regard- ing social homes, Minister in charge Otmar Oduber visited 3 prime locations. The visited locations Sava- neta, Santa Cruz and Cunu- cu Abou are homes to el- ders who have reached or passed the age of 55 years. The concept of the proj- ect is to provide our elders with a home where they can live independently in
a quiet and safe environ- ment, wheelchair friendly and also with the option of taking part of physical ac- tivities.
Minister Oduber claimed to be truly impressed by this project, which is part of the philosophy of creating neighborhoods different from what we usually see in the social neighborhoods here on Aruba. The visited project in Savaneta focus-
es on elders that can live alone and that only need some adjustments to their actual homes.
The concept of having an entrance and exit where recreational parts are put in center, combined with flowers, trees, a plaza and a place to do exercises are part of this new project. Many times when we think about these social homes, we think of the problem surrounding these social
homes but this is not always the case in all neighbor- hoods.
At this very moment there are a total of almost 16 proj- ects going on around the
island where one of them is finishing this year. Besides this social home project there is another one under process that will also be in the Savaneta area. q