“Elderly  Home” is a social care centre in which older people can participate in courses such as painting, decorative painting, latin dance, local dance, choir, or morning exercise. In addition to that, we are organizing “read a poem” days, seminars about life-long learning, art exhibits (in which they present the pieces of art that they made), and various intergenerational activities. The “Elderly Home” initiative of Muratpasa Municipality provides opportunities to socialize, and to improve the capabilities and capacities of people age 60+. Our Elderly Home opened in October 2014. Up to today, we have 4617 members who are actively benefiting from the activities and courses offered. They feel more productive, more sociable and happier. They feel that they contribute, are important and they show that productivity never ends.Today, we have 4 Elderly Home branches in different districts of Muratpasa Municipality. We selected the places according to the needs of population. One of our branch is in a poorer neighbourhood, the others was established in middle-income neighbourhood and the last one is in a high-income neighbourhood. The important thing is to recognize the target group and to understand what they need and to plan the most appropriate program for them. Our homes for the elderly are the most successful elderly people service in our country in reaching the most massive and target audience in our country.
Muratpaşa Municipality has become the first municipality accepted from our country to the “Age-Friendly Cities and Societies Network” by the World Health Organization (WHO) with its “elder houses” and was identified as the pilot municipality on the Sweden Lund University Law Faculty Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s "Human Rights Cities "project conducted in Turkey.