SIX centres promoting a healthy lifestyle for the elderly - but with a focus on physical activities - will be set up.
Called Seniors Connect Plus, they will be located in Kim Seng-Kreta Ayer, Radin Mas, Whampoa, Bukit Panjang, Aljunied-Paya Lebar and Bukit Timah.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and active-ageing champion Lim Boon Heng said that in the two-year pilot programme, community groups will run these centres.
'It is very much a ground-up project,' he told reporters after launching the Wellness Programme @ MacPherson on Sunday.
The MacPherson centre is the third of six one-stop 'wellness' centres to be set up in various neighbourhoods. Besides activities, they also offer counselling, befriending and medical services.
The first two were opened in Jurong Central and Punggol South, and three more will come up in Ulu Pandan, Jalan Besar and Kebun Bahru within the year.
The MacPherson one is also a 'ground up' facility, run by elderly volunteers who support and befriend other senior citizens in the constituency.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
