Older Wolfratshausers should have their say in politics more often: That is the basic idea of senior citizens' representatives.
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Wolfratshausen - Seniors for Seniors: This is how you could overwrite the basic idea of the new committee in Loisachstadt.
The city's new senior citizens' council met recently.
Among the twelve members elected by the city council are some well-known committed people.
Wolfratshausers, who have so far not appeared publicly, also sit on the committee.
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Klaus Heilinglechner welcomed the group in the town hall.
"Society is changing, the baby boomers are now reaching retirement age, life expectancy is increasing," said the mayor.
More than a third of Wolfratshausen residents are already over 55 years old, namely 7,160 of a little more than 19,000 citizens - and the trend is rising.
It is all the more important to pay attention to the needs of seniors.
Among other things, this goal is to be achieved with senior citizens' representatives.
It consists of twelve citizens who, as reported, were able to apply and were elected by the city council.
In addition, the senior adviser to the city council, Dr.
Ulrike Krischke, and the senior representative of the city, Sybille Gruber, members of the new committee.
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In the constituent meeting it became clear that the group was put together in a colorful way.
Some well-known faces are among them: Roswitha Beyer, senior officer for many years, who was a member of the city council for the SPD until 2020.
Ex-AWO director Dieter Buyer and the long-time head of the social services in this facility, Gabriele Strauhal, also belong to the committee.
The chairwoman of the Neighborhood Aid Citizens for Citizens, Eva-Maria Rühling, and Malteser employee Gertrud Huber are just as part of the senior citizens' group as VdK board member Franz Stoll.
"I've never shied away from tackling it, even if I sometimes got a beating for it", Knut Arndt (86) explained his motivation.
Klaus Rollbühler (60) would like to set up a care center in Wolfratshausen: "There are many offers for the elderly, but I often have the impression that everyone is doing their own thing," said the specialist nurse.
Strengthening seniors - in everyday life and in politics
The long-time psychotherapist Corina Weixler has observed that many senior citizens “fall out of society in silence in the rapidly changing world”. She wants to steer against this sad trend. Brigitte Schwanghardt (70), who works in a doctor’s practice, was in the same direction. “I see how redundant or annoying seniors feel. That hurts me tremendously. ”She wants to create a culture“ in which the elderly do not feel like supplicants ”and create a low-threshold contact point for them.
Renate Kreis changes the department: As a teacher and employee of the school management at the elementary and middle school Geretsried, the 65-year-old got to know how to work with the younger generation.
"Now I've been looking for something new to do for others," she explained.
Patricia Vogl, who was unable to attend the constituent meeting, works in the AWO dementia center and is a volunteer hospice attendant.
She wants suitable rooms for senior citizens to make inclusive living possible.
Wolfratshauser Seniors' Representation has many wishes
The senior representative's wish list is long, as Krischke emphasized: "It is an exciting task, the variety of needs is very large." The new committee is important so that the wishes of the elderly can be heard in the city council, for example.
"I hope that we will deal with issues consistently and that they will be heard across factions." The head of the town hall section "Education and Social Affairs", Martin Melf, sees the foundation stone laid.
“Everyone faces aging at some point, so this facility is very important here,” he said.
"We should give this generation a great evening of life." Much has already been done: "The social and human warmth: that is what Wolfratshausen stands for."