University of Camagüey contributes to a healthier old age

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The day “Old Age, Care and Rights, voices of the elderly” in Camagüey will continue in the coming days with activities that the University Chair for the Elderly will bring to the Manuel Ramón Silva y Zayas Nursing Home and to the Grandparents’ House located in the El Diamante neighborhood
University of Camagüey contributes to a healthier old age

Camagüey, Cuba, October 21st.- In the provincial capital municipality, the development of the Old Age, Care and Rights event continues. Voices of the elderly in Camagüey, headed by the Chair of the Elderly at the Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz University.

This cycle of actions that began last October 1st -International Day of Older Persons- includes several activities with an educational nature for both the elderly and the new generations.

In that sense, the House of Cultural Diversity in Camagüey hosted a debate table articulated with the Department of Law and Psychology of the Faculty of Social Sciences, of the Camagüey-based house of higher studies, and members of other related entities to present the regulatory framework of protection for the elderly based on the current Family Code.

The space was created with the objective of clarifying concerns that the elderly who study in the university chair have about the legal support and the benefits provided by the document approved in 2022.

Ana María Ramos Monteagudo, president of the Chair, highlighted that they also had the purpose of transversing the sociodemographic characteristics of the current Cuban context and how certain adaptations and changes that respond to all profiles of the elderly influence the regulations.

The day “Old Age, Care and Rights, voices of the elderly” in Camagüey will continue in the coming days with activities that the University Chair for the Elderly will bring to the Manuel Ramón Silva y Zayas Nursing Home and to the Grandparents’ House located in the El Diamante neighborhood, where they intend to establish an exchange between generations.

Text and photo: Daylén Fenollar Alemán/Radio Camagüey