Did you know that...

Did you know that....

• the SBE Erlangen was the first Bavarian seniors' advisory council to be founded?
• it has had five chairpersons since its foundation in 1974: Ursula Rechtenbacher, Jutta Helm, Helga Steeger, Anette Christian and Dinah Radtke?
• the insufficient number of care places in Erlangen was a decisive factor in its foundation?
• the focus of all five chairpersons remained largely the same? These were or are day care and the expansion of retirement homes (as long as the city of Erlangen had municipal homes), senior-friendly living with the demand for more barrier-free living and traffic safety.
• that the focus later shifted to demographic change, loneliness, neighborhood work, communal living on a rental basis and dementia?
• the senior citizens' magazine "Herbstzeitlose" was founded in 1986? It was the mouthpiece of the Seniors' Advisory Council for a long time, soon had a circulation of 8,000 and was distributed free of charge.
• the SBE is often only associated with "benches and toilets", which are of great importance for all generations, especially for people with disabilities? It would take until 2017 for the toilet at Hugenottenplatz to be realized.
• Helga Steeger cleverly nipped the recurring discussion about opening up the pedestrian zone to bicycle traffic in the bud by calling on senior citizens to protest?
• there is GERT? The age stimulation suit is often used by various schools for teaching purposes. Thanks to GERT, everyone can experience first-hand how difficult it can be to move around in old age.
• the demand that municipal events should only take place in accessible venues can be attributed to the SBE?
• it organizes many events for 60+ on its own initiative or with partners in order to draw the public's attention to a wide range of problems? Living with dementia, Care Dialogue and Care Round Table, Annual Reception, Day of Caring Relatives, Senior Citizens Speak Out, Senior Citizens' Café Ukraine, AWO District Café Büchenbach, Poetry Festival in care homes, series of events at the vhs such as themed breakfasts, Lebenslust statt Altersfrust, afternoon film evenings...
• cooperation with Jena began under Ursula Rechtenbacher and there are now regular visits on October 3? There have also been contacts with the twin towns of Vladimir and Stoke-on-Trent.
• Dinah Radtke was elected as chairwoman for the first time without a local political office, but with experience in disability policy?
• Erlangen can also become a "Compassionate City"? This term refers to a community that recognizes that caring for one another is very important and urgently needed, especially at the end of life.