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7/27/2019 Contributions to HelpAge India

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CONTRIBUTIONS

HELPAGE INBY DNATIONAL LAW UNIVER


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AN OVERVIEW OF HELPAGE INDIA.

It is a NGO which seeks to provide help to the disadvantaged senior citizens all over India.

It provides a telephone directory for those seeking information, offers legal and financial coun

Moreover, it provides basic medical care for people above 60 years of age through its Mobile M

Unit (MMU) which works from Monday to Friday every week reaching various corners of Calcu

It also has a physiotherapy unit and a fully functional Dementia unit, coupled with an Old-Age

its model facility of Kalyan Ashram, Chetla.

Along with all of this it advocates for a change in social outlook towards the elderly. This is evi

active advocacy for the Reverse Mortgage scheme.

It also has a new AdvantAge Card program which offers a substantial discount to the card hold

range of products, services across various outlets and franchisees all over India.


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THE MOBILE MEDICARE UNIT (MMU)

It is a mobile medical facility which covers various locations, including Howrah, Paikpara, Belghoria, Panihati, Thakurpukur, Fa

Tarda, Haltu and 41 Pally. Its purpose is to provide for basic medicine and routine health check-ups for people who cannot af

services otherwise. HelpAge India provides for all of this at a nominal sum of Rs.5/-


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MY WORK AS AN INTERN

As an intern there were various jobs that required our attentionreceiving helpline calls to sorting files and main

records.

We were also sent for tie-ups to different outlets to persuade them to enter into a partnership with HelpAge regard

AdvantAge card program.

For field work we were made to accompany the MMU for a full week to gain a better understanding and experien

how it works.

We were asked to prepare case studies on different types of people having different problems, as well as delve int

Senior Citizen Maintenance Act to try and look into the matter of elder abuse.


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CASE STUDIES


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KRISHNA DHANI PAL, HALTU.

Age : 70

Has problems in hearing.

Suffers from back and chest pain.

High Blood Pressure

Gastroentiritis

Deability


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Krishna Dhani Pal is a 70 yr. old resident of Rangalbazaar. A widow, living with her daugh

son-in law. She suffers from numerous problems including an acute hearing problem, bouchest and severe back pain. In addition, her Blood pressure is alarmingly high and she sufrom Gastroenteritis and de-ability.

She is completely dependent upon her daughters family and lives with them ever since hhusband died.

She is a regular attendant at the Haltu MMU camp and takes medication from there only.

claims that those medicines are beneficial to her health and is thankful to HelpAge for thassistance.


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PHOOLKUMARI PRAMANIK & RUPALI

HAZRA, THAKURPUKUR.

Phoolkumari Pramanik :

Age : 50

High Blood Pressure

Sugar

Lost one Kidney due to Stone.

Rupali Hazra :

Age : 55

Excessive sweating

High Blood Pressure

Sugar


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Phoolkumari Pramanik is a married woman who is a resident of Nepalganj, aged 50 years

with her unemployed husband and two sons, who have limited income. She had a tumoroperation and had her kidney removed due to a stone removal operation just 4 months acomplains of weakness which is a result of High Blood Pressure and Sugar. She has beento the Thakurpukur MMU camp for the past two years.

Rupali Hazra, aged 60, resident of Kalagachi, lives with her husband and her only son whlabourer. She has been a regular at the Thakurpukur MMU camp for the past 4 years andcomplains of excessive sweating, physical weakness and stomach aches which can be attto her Gastric problem. She seems largely content with the medicines supplied to her hergrateful for all the help she is receiving.


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THANK YOU

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