beautiful time
80 Saudi elderly women lived the memories of the beautiful time, amid a heritage atmosphere interspersed with various folklore and heritage displays during the activities of the Open Day for Older Women organized by Saudi Aramco in cooperation with the Department of Health Affairs in Jeddah Governorate yesterday, within the activities of the International Day of the Elderly under the slogan (adding a life for years, not years of life) ), In the headquarters of the company''s social center in Jeddah with the aim of introducing joy and happiness into this precious category of elderly women. 30 academics, specialists, 15 volunteers and 25 women from society, government and private agencies participated in the ceremony. The events included many scientific, health and social workshops, and a lecture given by Dr. Noha Mustafa Felemban, a consultant family medicine consultant, in which she mentioned the common health problems among older women, and focused on enhancing their general health and improving the quality of their lives and the need to apply the concept of primary health care friendly to the elderly.
Dr. Ruwaida Idris, a nutritionist, emphasized the importance of proper nutrition for older women, in terms of changing their lifestyle by replacing medications with healthy food and exercise to keep them healthy. The coordinator of the Elderly Program at the Department of Primary Health Care in Jeddah and the Family Medicine Consultant Dr. Fathia Fallatah pointed out that the activities aim to activate elderly clinics in health centers to provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative services for the elderly and cooperate with their families.
The coordinator of social services programs in primary health care, Umm Kulthum Al Olayan, said: The International Day of Older Persons for this year came under the slogan (adding life for years, not years of life), and this will only be achieved through awareness of the importance of providing the elderly with the same amount of preventive, curative and social care, as well Strengthening health services and training employees on how to care for the elderly, and urged other non-governmental bodies such as companies and institutions to provide support for this precious category and a supportive environment and good health, psychological and social care, as is provided by Aramco. The supervisor of the Nursing Office at the Department of Primary Health Care in Jeddah Sahar Al-Fadil confirmed that the slogan (adding lives for years) is in line with the activities of the International Day of Older Persons, noting that everyone through these activities is keen to coordinate the efforts of nursing groups working in the field of elderly health care by creating a database on senior The age to implement long-term plans to train them in the field of elderly care and to conduct active and repeated awareness campaigns targeting the elderly and those around them.
The ceremony included several entertainment items to delight elderly women and introduce joy to them, and attract the heritage and hijazi pillar present at the ceremony, amid an atmosphere of familiarity experienced by the elderly with women, specialists and volunteers.
