What is the Care For The Elders Program?
The Care For The Elders Program of Destitute India supports senior citizens in urban and rural India. It gives elders legal information on their rights and government schemes such as old age pension, provides medical care and recreation, runs workshops on active ageing, and supplies food, shelter and health care to destitute elderly people.
For elders, gone the days when they used to be a head of the family who was like an umbrella in the rain for the family and most of the times he/she was a grandparent. Every time you had a problem or a demand, just a whisper in their ears and the work was done. But now the life is in the fast lane, the same elders have now become a burden, the care and gratitude is nowhere in the picture. Duty has been taken over by pressure and reasons are only excuses. This leaves all our aged people in their world of pity.
The biggest achievement of the century is longevity. While the numbers have gone up, quality of life has gone down. Industrialization, migration, urbanization and westernization have severely affected value systems. The erstwhile joint family, the natural support system, has crumbled.
Key Features Of Care For The Elders Program
- Destitute India is providing legal information to elders about their rights and different Govt. schemes for them like old age pension etc. in urban and rural areas.
- Medical care and entertainment facilities are provided to senior citizens.
- Workshops are organized for encouraging Active and Productive Aging.
- Destitute India is also working to fulfill the basic needs of Older Persons particularly food, shelter and health care to the destitute elderly.