Municipal Commissioner S Jagadeesan, who inaugurated the programme, said if non-government organisations came forward, the civic body and the state government might provide land at concessional rate. He said the Surat body had already established a couple of gardens exclusively for the elderly. All panelists said they refuse to believe that they are old as they kept themselves busy and active. Some said they were more active than when they were young. Sudhaben Trivedi felt that old age is the time to rise above one's petty ego.
Most aged persons tend to become pesky, which can be avoided.
The attempt to glorify one's past and the tendency to run down the present generation and their attitudes should also be avoided. Dr Kazi said diseases faced by the aged had a lot to do with their early lifestyle and the vices they had. There was a suggestion for the old people to meet ailing patients at various hospitals. No service is greater than comforting patients who have no relatives or acquaintances. Only the elderly can do that skillfully, the audience was told.