New senior day center in Voitsberg: quality of life for everyone!

New senior day center in Voitsberg: quality of life for everyone!

On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the city of Voitsberg made a significant change in the field of senior care. The official handover of the keys for the new senior citizens' day at the main square by Mayor Bernd Ouprian to the head Eva Maria Wolf was followed with great interest. This day center, which opens its doors from January 16, 2025, offers older people in the region an important offer for an active and self -determined life. The city invested around 1.6 million euros in the facility, whereby 1.2 million euros come from funding to ensure a still high quality of life.

opening times and offers

In the initial phase, the day center is open three days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. These opening times should be expanded to five days by summer, depending on the capacity utilization. The target group are seniors aged 60 and over, in exceptional cases even from the age of 55. The program includes a wide range of activities that range from joint breakfast rounds to gymnastics to creative craft hours. Mayor Osprian found that the center should not only promote the independence of the elderly, but also offer an important relief for caring relatives.

The Volkshilfe Styria, represented by Claudia Allmer and Günther Reiter, will take over the care. A total of five professional employees take care of the seniors who are equipped with a wide range of social and health knowledge. Registrations are possible from January 2, 2025, since the official opening of the Center for the end of January is planned, as meinbezirk.at reported.

The regional importance of the new daily center is underlined by the existing facility in Köflach, which has been successful since the previous year. This establishment underlines the endeavor of the region to create an integrated support network for seniors and contributes to an overall higher quality of life in the Voitsberg district, as well as the information from Volkshilfe Stiefermark emphasize.