NGO for Old Age People Help in India; Agewell Foundation

With an ever-rising number of senior citizens in the country, and a specific policy for their welfare yet to be put in place, this piece of news looks like a ray of hope for our elderly.

The Agewell Foundation, a voluntary organisation working for senior citizens for the last 12 years, has just been granted special consultative status by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).

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Elder abuse, the mistreatment and torture of older people, a manifestation of the timeless phenomenon of inter personal violence os prevalent in Indian families too. This is an extremely sorry state of affairs.

In broad prospective, Elder aAbuse comprise all such situations, in which older persons think that they are not leading or could not lead a respectable or independent life.

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M3M India Ltd. and Agewell Foundation have come together to ensure no needy person is deprived of warmth this year.

Agewell Foundation works for the welfare of old people.
Each year it collects woolens for destitute old people and distributes it to the old and needy.

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Growing old is inevitable. With increasing life span and better facilitation, longevity has increased progressively over the years.

Old age is an unavodable part of our life cycle and should be lived gracefully rather than grudgingly.

In today's fast paced world we only start noticing signs of old age much after the gradual process is well underway.

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The experience of isolation or loneliness occurs in all human beings but it becomes a complex problem in Old Age.

It is known that isolation is not a necessary accompaniment to ageing and that ageing is not solely responsible for the progress of isolation in older persons. However, there is a deep relationship between ageing and isolation.

Generally it is believed that older persons living alone or with their spouses feel isolated.

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We very often see agitated and old persons fighting, shouting and raising their voices and gesticulating in banks, reservation counters or with auto rickshaw drivers, vegetable vendors or shop keepers.

As our culture defines, older persons should be and expect to be respected merely because of their age.

In the given life of individual growth and restricting means, senior citizens feel unattended, weak, lonely or helpless.

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Old women have restricted social interaction, limited earning possibilities, several medical complications, emotional isolation, very limited knowledge or awareness of their legal rights and natural reluctance to seek justice.

Older women have more critical problem than older men.

Recently Agewell Research & Advocacy Centre has methodically conducted a survey of elderly women and brought out some interesting facts on present status of elderly women in India.

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Impact Assessment of Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in India (2011/2012)
Agewell Research & Advocacy Centre has carried out a nationwide survey among 100 thousands older people of India to assess the impact of The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) 2002 in India. In view of lack of core policies for older people and fast increasing elderly population, study was also focused to suggest or recommend some specific points to policy makers, planners and decision makers so that Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing could be followed