BAPS Charities' "Care for the Elderly"
program involves youth volunteers (children between the
ages of 9 to 16 years old) interacting with the older generation
(members from residential care and sheltered homes).
The aims of the program is to reduce
the social and cultural isolation and to promote the physical
(illness & disability), psychological (depression, dementia,
etc) and social (isolation, vulnerability etc) well being
of the elderly. At the same time, children are given the
opportunity to communicate and appreciate the elderly.
Children perform an entertainment
program consisting of dances, speeches and comedy sketches.
The program continues over school holidays.