A 24-hour care unit for lonely elderly people will open on April 9 in the Sennensky district

April 7, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A new round-the-clock care unit for lonely elderly people will open on April 9 in the Senno district, the ideological work department of the Senno District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The facility, located in the agro-town of Bogdanovo, is designed for 32 places. The first 20 residents will move in on April 8. The remaining places will also not be empty and will be filled within a year, the district executive committee is confident. About Br1 billion from the regional and district budgets was allocated for the opening of the unit. This is the second social facility for lonely elderly residents opened in the Senno district. The first round-the-clock care unit for 20 people operates in Khodtsy. In addition, nursing homes are successfully operating in Moshkany, Yanovo, and Belitsy. Representatives of the regional executive committee, local authorities, charitable organizations, clergy, and the public will take part in the grand opening ceremony of the unit. Authorities and the public pay constant attention to lonely elderly people living in social facilities. For example, it has become a tradition to hold the charity event "Share the Warmth of Your Soul and Heart" on holidays, aimed at providing assistance to the elderly and children from dysfunctional families. On the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, activists of the Senno Women's Council will visit the round-the-clock care unit in Khodtsy and the nursing home in Moshkany with congratulations and gifts. Schoolchildren will hold concerts for the elderly on this day. A total of 15 round-the-clock care units for lonely elderly people operate in the Vitebsk region. In addition to the Senno district, another such facility is planned to open in the Gorodok district this year. -0-