The City of Cartagena through the Department of Social Services has introduced a new and comprehensive program of activities for the elderly and disabled during the first half of the year.
It is a hundred cultural and educational activities, aiming to strengthen personal relationships avoiding isolation, and maintain their physical and mental state.
The offer includes courses and workshops, such as energy gymnastics, healthy aging and computer memory training, among others, hiking activities;
The trunk of experience, where older transmit to others their experiences;
cultural and sports activities in major clubs, residences and disabled associations as APICES and PROLAM;
and intergenerational, with schools where older youth passed customs and traditions.
The over 60 and people with disabilities who are interested in participating can contact the municipal offices located on the first floor of La Milagrosa for more information or to register for more than one hundred activities on offer.
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
In this section you will find energy deals gymnastics, arts workshop, workshop proper nutrition, reading workshop, workshop of the senses, Vitanz workshop, traditional games and juggling workshop affective and cognitive enrichment workshop aging healthy, workshop games and stories to feel, computer courses of different levels, training course memory, photography course, driving course cellphone and management course the tablet.
TRAILS
In addition to lectures and symposium with the considerations and guidelines for healthy and the benefits and risks of exercise road, 19 walking routes are offered: Mirador del Roldán, Rambla del Horno Ciego Perín, route of fishermen, Rambla del Canar, Calvary Railroad Campo de Cartagena, Fuente Old Galifa, Atalaya, Canteras Roman, The Pericón, Sierra Gorda Barranco de Orfeo, The Sierra Columbares Garruchal ¿, ¿Alum Garden Pio, El Algar, El Berro ¿Espuña, Los Nietos ¿Cabo de Palos, Battery Ash, Algamecha Girl and Road 33.
BAÚL EXPERIENCE
Within the Municipal Volunteer Program is the ¿Chest Experiencia¿ whereby the elderly, altruistically, pass on their knowledge in different areas to larger ones.
This semester introductory courses in computer science, painting, literacy, bobbin, and basic English conversation, Easter cakes, wedding flowers, making jams and paleontology are offered.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES WITH CLUBS
In this section are the workshops of free time in clubs (carnival, theater, crafts, recycling, folk traditions, etc), gerontogimnasia, stimulation and exercise memory, drama, film-coffee and conversation, the Cultural weeks, VI Petanque Championship, celebrating Valentine's Carnival majors, the Days of Training, Coexistence Elderly and summer schools.
ACTIVITIES WITH DISABILITY
The paint shop and modeling à pices, workshop Prolam theater, dance therapy for people with fibromyalgia and workshop affective and cognitive enrichment for people with fibromyalgia will develop.
INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
In collaboration with different groups of seniors and educational activities of ¿Cartagena and customs through our mayores¿, activities in the nursery of Sorrows and the celebration of World Day of intergenerational solidarity will be developed.
DAY ACTIVITIES IN CENTERS AY RESIDENCES
In this last section the anniversary of the day stays centers of El Algar and Los Dolores, the workshop carnival, arts workshop and workshop Easter cakes is included.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena