Day Care - cum - Recreation Centre and Physiotherapy Unit

Through the scheme “Day Care - cum - Recreation Centre and Physiotherapy Unit" under "Grant-in-Aid to Pondicherry Society for the Care of the Aged (PONCARE)", the senior citizens are provided free physiotherapy given by the physiotherapist, as advised by the doctors.

State In Kind

States / UT: Puducherry

Nodal department: Social Welfare Department, Puducherry

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

Categories: Health & Wellness

Sub-categories: Health promotion, Sports & fitness

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Senior Citizen, Social Welfare, Physiotherapy, Recreation, Daycare

Details

The sub-scheme “Day Care - cum - Recreation Centre and Physiotherapy Unit" under the umbrella scheme "Grant-in-Aid to Pondicherry Society for the Care of the Aged (PONCARE)" was launched by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Puducherry. Through this scheme, the senior citizens are provided free physiotherapy given by the physiotherapist, as advised by the doctors.

Benefits

  • Free Physiotherapy given by the Physiotherapist, as advised by the Doctors

Free Physiotherapy given by the Physiotherapist, as advised by the Doctors.

Eligibility

  • The applicant should be 60 years or above in age.
  • The applicant should be a Native/Resident of the Union Territory of Puducherry for at least 5 years.

Exclusions

No exclusions are listed for this scheme yet.

Application Process

Offline

Step 1: The interested applicant should visit (during office hours) the Pondicherry Society for the care of the Aged (PONCARE), Puducherry, 4th Cross - Sithankudi, 6th Cross Extension, Brindavanam, West, Puducherry - 605 013, +91-413-2245317, +91-413-2246318, +91-9443405499, and request the hard copy of the prescribed format of the application form from the staff exclusively entrusted to issue and collect filled-in applications.
Step 2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, paste the passport-sized photograph (signed across, if required), and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required).
Step 3: Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to The Secretary, PONCARE.
Step 4: Request a receipt or acknowledgement from the concerned authority to whom the application has been submitted. Ensure that the receipt contains essential details such as the date and time of submission, and a unique identification number (if applicable).

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

References

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