The programme aims to set up geriatric
departments in identified regional geriatric centres(Rgcs), 10-bedded geriatric units at district hospitals,
rehabilitation units at all community health centres, and weekly geriatric clinics by trained medical officers at primary health centres.
The government should focus on establishing more Rgcs and NCAs across the country,
particularly in rural and backward regions, recommended the 23rd report of the Committee on Estimates on Medical Education and Health Care in the Country presented in Lok Sabha on December 21, 2017.