Helpline & Redressal Services

• Agewell Helpline for senior citizens in Delhi/NCR
• To provide counseling/guidance/direction to senior citizens

Healthcare Equipment Distribution

• Distribution of Wheelchairs, Adult Diapers, etc. among destitute, bedridden elderly living in slum areas across Delhi/NCR
• To assist ailing elderly to lead a comfortable life in old age

Distribution of Monthly Food Packets

• Among destitute elderly living in slum areas across Delhi/NCR

Research Activities

• Agewell Centre for Research & Advocacy for Needs & Rights of senior citizens 

“Share a Smile with Your Elders” – School Contact Program

• To sensitize school children towards needs & rights of their grandparents and elderly

Employment & Job Opportunities

• Agewell Employment Exchange for senior citizens

Voluntary Activities

• Aadhar – Nationwide Voluntary Action Network

Share the Warmth Campaign

• A special winter campaign of Agewell Foundation
• To protect destitute older persons from bone-chilling cold during winters

“I Am Responsible” Campaign

• A School Outreach Program to sensitize school children towards needs of old people and energy & water conservation in Delhi-NCR through various mediums

Series of symposiums on Needs & Rights of Older Persons

• Agewell Foundation organises Series of Symposiums–cum-interactive sessions on Needs & Rights of Older Persons at India Habitat Centre, Delhi
• Organised 36 symposiums so far. Main issues of the symposiums include

• Social, medical, legal, financial & emotional Needs & Rights of older persons
• Re-Employment Opportunities for older persons
• Dementia & Respect for the Elderly
• Impact of Recession on Older Persons
• Role of Older Persons in Democratic Process
• Older Persons as Custodians of Heritage, Culture & Tradition
• Status of Older Persons in Minority Communities
• Interpersonal Relations in Old Age
• Curse of Elder Abuse
• Old Age : A Boon or A Curse
• Human Rights of Older Persons
• Perspectives & Status of Older Women
• Importance of Literature in Old Age

Research activities

• Study of Problems being faced by Older Persons across the country
• Study of Role of Older persons in Democratic Process
• Assessment of Impact of Economic Slowdown on older persons of India
• Study of Status of Older Persons in Minority Communities of India
• Study of Bedridden & Older Patients of Delhi & NCR
• Status of Older Persons in Nuclear Families
• Study on Isolation in Old Age
• Income & Expenditure Patterns of Older Persons
• Wisdom of Old Age
• Changing Mindset of Older Persons towards Legal Justice
• Human Rights of Older Persons in India
• Status & Human Rights of Older Women in India
• Impact Assessment of Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in India
• Legal Provisions & Practices in India
• Comprehensive Study on Status of Older Persons in Delhi & NCR
• Sense of Security among Older Persons (in collaboration with NHRC)
• Perceptions towards Human Rights of Older Persons
• Human Rights of Older Persons: A Reality Check
• Gender Discrimination Among Older Women In India
• Human Rights of Elderly in India – A Critical Reflection on Social Development
• Financial Status of Older People in India – An Assessment
• Changing Needs & Rights of Old People of India
• Changing Income-Expenditure Pattern of Older Persons in India : An Assessment
• Independence in Old Age with special focus on Long-term and Palliative Care in India

Holistic Healthcare of Destitute Elderly

• To provide them required medical/ healthcare/relief material
• To ensure their health wellbeing and
• To create awareness about healthy and active old age

Voluntary Network for Old Age Healthcare (Slums of Delhi & NCR)

• Voluntary Network Teams for Old Age Healthcare to create healthcare awareness in slum areas of Delhi & NCR
• Empower older persons to get proper low-cost or free of cost treatment, medicines, medical accessories for their diseases

Healthcare Training of Older Persons

• For Bedridden patients, Older Patients, their family members and caregivers

Sahyog (Trauma Centre for older persons)

• Equipped with qualified psychiatrist, doctors and trained counsellors
• Tie-up with renowned hospitals and medical research institutes

Inbound Help Line Services

• Situation call supports
• Emergency call support
• Trauma call support
• Abuse call support

Query & response handling along with information dissemination

• Senior citizens’ rights information
• Old age homes information
• Pension schemes and related information
• Local area doctors, hospitals & nursing homes information
• Local area lawyers’ information

Outbound Helpline Services

• Targeted phone campaigns in selective areas
• Senior citizen camps / programs
• Proactive information dissemination
• Database ratification
• Member profiling & market research
• Para-medic services
• Periodic medicinal update to patients
• Information on specialized clinical equipment, apparatus and medicines
• Para-legal services
• Financial services

Analysis:

• Gap analysis between international & Indian senior citizens’ condition and status
• Data consolidations & analysis of issues faced by senior citizens

Patient Care

• Old age and disability – an outreach initiative
• Health check up camps for older persons – blood pressure, diabetes, eye, hearing, etc.
• Distribution of old age relief material like hearing aids, specs, walker, wheelchairs, general medicines, etc.
• Training for Care-givers and family members of older persons
• Awareness creation among older persons and their family members about HIV/AIDS to avoid AIDS in old age,
• Healthcare Accessories/Equipments to Destitute & Old in Slums

Training Programs

• Senior citizens as social communicators
• Care Givers / bedridden and elderly patients
• Old age management
• Empowerment & Skill Development in Old Age

Survey / Research

• Senior citizens in prisons and asylums
• Linkage between adolescents and older persons
• Needs & Rights of older persons

Interaction centers for senior citizens

• Activity centres for senior citizens
• Recreation centres for senior citizens

Ageweller for elderly living alone

• To share a smile with lonely elderly and add color to their life
• To entertain them with dance, music and any other art

Seniors as Interns

• To utilize rich experience, knowledge, expertise and wisdom of retired older persons
• To engage them in some gainful and meaningful activities in old age
• To provide them an opportunity to remain active and healthier throughout their life