96800379 old age homes final

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Old Age Homes

By:

Himanhu Parikh

Sandhya Yadav

Lavina Jain

Neha Jain

Hemant Sharma

Submitted to:

Prof. Unnikrishnan Menon


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Old age is an incurable disease

-Seneca


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Agenda

What is an old age home?

Statistics.

Types of old age homes.

Why do children send their parents in old age home?

The problem of old age in India.

Medical Problems Faced by the Elderly.

Advantages of old age homes.

Disadvantages of old age homes.

Reasons for considering children as main support in old age.

Reasons for not considering children as main support in old age.

Rights of the Elderly.


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What is an old age home?

A old age home or retirement home is a multi-residence housing

facility intended for senior citizens.

Typically each person or couple in the home has an apartment

style room or suite rooms.

Additional facilities are provided within the building, including

facilities for meals, gathering, recreation, and some form

of health or hospital care.

A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the

level of medical care given. Retirement villages and retirement

communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and

autonomous homes for residents.


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Statistics

Populations, worldwide, are ageing.

In India, while the total population is expected to rise by 49% (from

846.2 million in 1991 to 1263.5 million in 2016)

The number of aged (persons aged 60 and above) is expected toincrease by 107%, from 54.7 million to 113.0 million, in the

corresponding 25 year period. In other words, the share of the

aged in the total population will rise to 8.9% in 2016 (from 6.4%

in 1991) .

Over 28% (13 million) of the salaried employees and

approximately 89.2% (280 million) of the workers (including self-

employed and farmers) are not covered by any pension scheme

that enables them to save for economic security during old age.


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Types of old age homes

There are two types of Old Age Homes in India. One is the "Free"

type which cares for the poor old people who have no one else to

care for them. They are given shelter, food, clothing and medical

care.

The second type is the "Paid" home where care is provided for a

fee. Nowadays, such "Retirement" homes have become very

popular in India and they are well worth considering.


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Why do people send their

parents in old age home? Safety

Quality of life

Depends upon the situations

No time given to the parents

Problems after marriage

The other reason may be that the kids just aren't in a position to

take care of their parents, so they have to put them in a home.


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problem of old age in India

A man's life is normally divided into five main stages

viz :

infancy,

childhood, adolescence,

adulthood and

old age.

In each of these stages an individual has to find himself in

different situations and face different problems.


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Medical Problems Faced by

the Elderly

PROBLEMS DUE TO THE AGEING PROCESS

Mental illnesses

Blood pressure

Heart problems Eyes diseases

Failure of special senses

Skin care

Mosquito bite diseases

Fall related injury


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PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-TERM

ILLNESS

Degenerative Diseases of Heart and Blood vessels

Cancer

Diabetes

Diseases of Loco-motor System

Genitourinary System

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

Emotional Disorders

Sexual Adjustment


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Advantages of old age homes

Constant Care

Rest for Family Members

Socialization

Assistance with Activities

Company of other age-mates

Personal security/safety


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Disadvantages of old age

homes Have to live according to institutes rules/ it is like living in a jail. Away from family and relatives/feeling of being

isolated/minimum interaction with out side world.

Inadequate medical care/lack of cleanliness of rooms, bath-rooms

and toilets. Sharing accommodation with unknown people.

Loss of self respect/living on charity/ institutional living is painful.

Food is not suitable/palatable.


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children as main support in

old age

Children are expected to support parents.

It is a tradition, customary for children to look after elderly

parents.

When children are young parents look after them, so in old agechildren should care for their ageing parents.

Only sons are expected to support parents in old age, but not

daughters.


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Children not as main support

in old age

Children have become selfish/want to live their own lives without

responsibility of parents/ children forget sacrifices made by

parents.

In pursuit of economic and professional growth children dont

want to care for the elderly.

Son may be willing but daughter-in-law may not be willing to lookafter the elderly.

If parents have money, only then children will look after them in

old age.


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Rights of the Elderly

Parents cannot be evicted from a house without due process of

law if they have been staying there from before. There are

three enactments that can be applied.

Under section 125 of the Cr PC, a magistrate can order a

child to maintain his old parents under the Maintenance of

Parents Act.

The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act say an aged

parent can demand maintenance from children in the same

way that a wife can demand it from her husband.

The Domestic Violence Act too provides parents with the

right to seek relief from any kind of abuse.


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List of the old age homes of

India Aram Ghar Shivarampally, Hyderabad

The Delhi Christian Friend in Need Society, Home for the Aged,

New Delhi

Anand Ashram Trust, Churchgate, Mumbai

Mother Teresa's Home,Santacruz (W),Mumbai


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We need to remember that life is a

circle.What we give comes back to us.

&, history could repeat itself !


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Thank You

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