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For the first time in Israel: Public activity parks for the elderly - Walla! small businesses

2022-06-01T13:32:54.452Z


As part of the social project, activity facilities for seniors will be installed in parks, public spaces, nursing homes and sheltered housing, day clubs and more.


For the first time in Israel: public activity parks for the elderly

As part of the project, activity facilities for seniors will be installed in parks, public spaces, nursing homes and sheltered housing and more, for the benefit of improving posture and cognitive activity, strengthening and flexing muscles, improving movement, joint work and more.

The first park will open in Hod Hasharon

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22/05/2022

Sunday, 22 May 2022, 10:38 Updated: Monday, 23 May 2022, 14:11

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After a long search for "the business of the state", we came to the "third age site" - a social enterprise that works for the benefit of the elderly.

You probably already know that all over the country, from north to south, you can find tens of thousands of gardens, parks and facilities of various kinds, designed for children and adults.

In addition, the local authorities in Israel have not forgotten even the best friend of man and today in almost every city you can find a dog park.

But what about seniors?

Unlike many countries in the world, until recently, it was not possible to find gardens and facilities in Israel for people aged 60 and over.



This is exactly where the venture of Guy Shaham and Sharon Shiloah - "The Third Age Site" - a social enterprise that seeks to fill this space and install activity facilities for seniors in parks, public spaces, nursing homes and sheltered housing, day clubs and more.

The activity facility systems are designed to improve posture and cognitive activity, to strengthen and flex the muscles, to improve movement,

The activity complex of the third age website in the USA (Photo: PR)

"This is the only social enterprise in the country that produces parks of moderate physical activity for senior citizens, aged 60 and over," says Sharon Shiloah, gerontologist and entrepreneur, co-CEO of the "Third Age Site". We will also create regular training groups for senior citizens, with regular coaches several times a week, so that around this activity a social network and potential for social connections can also be formed.

There are parks for babies all over the country, activity complexes for toddlers, for people aged 14 and over and even for dogs.

Only the elderly have nothing.

As if as soon as you reach the age of 60 your story is over.

On the one hand, they tell the old people to get out of the house, be active and leave.

Everyone talks about the severe loneliness and the truth that everything is true, but the public space in Israel does not know how to accommodate the old men and women in any way.

A grandfather who comes with his grandson to the park or the neighborhood garden, the commercial complex, the mall or the beach and finds activity complexes there,

Will not be able to use them because they are just dangerous for him.

He has only two options: to sit on a bench with his caregiver or to look after his grandson. "

The systems help healthy aging and delay geriatric aging, and promote getting out of the home and creating social gatherings to alleviate loneliness.

The use of these facilities will also contribute to the empowerment of the elderly and the elderly in the public space in Israel, and will strengthen a sense of belonging to the environment in which the person chooses to grow old.



What led you to the venture?



"I ran the Motke site for six or seven years until I decided to leave and start a new chapter. I realized there is no answer for seniors who want to exercise outdoors, like the rest of the population. "Muscles, endurance or levels. We want to change that with the help of activity parks for senior citizens. There they will work on balance, posture, walking skills, joint work, hand-eye contact, concentration, cognitive activity and more."



"We are not inventing anything new. My partner Guy has created and installed hundreds of such parks in North America. After returning to Israel, we designed and redesigned the facilities, and the development is adapted to the Israeli market and based on unique walking routes to improve balance," Sharon concluded. In about a month and a half, it will be the first park in Israel.

In addition, there are ten other projects that are rolling out in front of local authorities and day centers and sheltered housing



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