Elderly Associations
To promote active ageing, the government has
supported the establishment of senior citizen
clubs as self-help organizations of older persons.
Elderly clubs are registered with and supervised
by the National Senior Citizen Council. In 2012,
there were over 23,000 registered senior citizen
clubs with a total of 1.6 million members. Most
are located in state health facilities, mainly
district health offices and sub-district health