Elderly residents of the Vitebsk region can count on the help of social services, especially during unfavorable epidemiological situations.
This was announced by Svetlana Kozlova, chief specialist of the department of social support and stationary institutions of the committee for labor, employment and social protection of the regional executive committee.
— Since the end of March, the committee for labor, employment and social protection has organized activities for the prevention of COVID-19 to protect the elderly (there are 276,000 of them in the region, including about 20,000 single individuals and about 140 living alone), — explained Svetlana Viktorovna. — Since then, the delivery of food, medicines, and essential goods has been organized. It is carried out by employees of territorial centers, representatives of the Belarusian Red Cross Society, BRSM, rural executive committees, trade union organizations, and post offices. Cooperation with trade organizations has been established. Over 10,000 applications have been processed during the entire period.
An application for such services can be submitted to the territorial center for social services for the population at your place of residence. Within two to three days, essential goods will be delivered to people of non-working age (primarily to veterans, disabled people of groups 1 and 2, as well as those who are self-isolating).
Online consultations are organized on the websites of territorial centers, and recommendations for adaptive physical education for older people and COVID-19 prevention are posted. Employees of the Vitebsk State Medical University provide methodological support to elderly citizens who can study without leaving home by visiting the relevant sections of the websites. Each territorial center for social services has a call center where you can call with a problem.