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Elders need better health facilities: Survey
With increase in the life expectancy of the individual, there is a need to ensure better health facilities to the elderly men and women who face a higher risk of chronic morbidities such as blood pressure, diabetes and chronic joint pains, says a survey.
There is a critical need for active involvement of elderly in work activity, better health facilities besides empowering them in taking care of their colleagues, with the help of volunteers, as per research titled “Community managed palliative care programme on the quality of life of elderly in rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala”,
Research Author KP Rajendran and Mathew Cherian, Chief Executive, HelpAge said, “Elders are not even included in NREGA, which is very unfortunate. We are demanding social pension for elders belonging to BPL category and we hope that 12th five year plan will cover it.”
According to the research, the model of “social mobilisation in rural areas of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu”, sponsored by the HelpAge India, Elderly for Elderly Foundations and Cordaid, has brought a significant change in the life of elderly.
Senior HelpAge India official Avenash Datta said that affordability of healthcare is a very important issue in rural areas. “Can you provide access to health care services to elders living in rural areas who can’t afford to go to referral hospitals and there is nobody to take care of them.”
Dr Amol R Dongre Principal investor and Associate Professor from Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Pondicherry said that the research was undertaken to examine the effect of community managed palliative care programme on the quality of life of elderly in 52 villages of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
With increase in the life expectancy of the individual, there is a need to ensure better health facilities to the elderly men and women who face a higher risk of chronic morbidities such as blood pressure, diabetes and chronic joint pains, says a survey.
There is a critical need for active involvement of elderly in work activity, better health facilities besides empowering them in taking care of their colleagues, with the help of volunteers, as per research titled “Community managed palliative care programme on the quality of life of elderly in rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala”,
Research Author KP Rajendran and Mathew Cherian, Chief Executive, HelpAge said, “Elders are not even included in NREGA, which is very unfortunate. We are demanding social pension for elders belonging to BPL category and we hope that 12th five year plan will cover it.”
According to the research, the model of “social mobilisation in rural areas of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu”, sponsored by the HelpAge India, Elderly for Elderly Foundations and Cordaid, has brought a significant change in the life of elderly.
Senior HelpAge India official Avenash Datta said that affordability of healthcare is a very important issue in rural areas. “Can you provide access to health care services to elders living in rural areas who can’t afford to go to referral hospitals and there is nobody to take care of them.”
Dr Amol R Dongre Principal investor and Associate Professor from Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Pondicherry said that the research was undertaken to examine the effect of community managed palliative care programme on the quality of life of elderly in 52 villages of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
