Agewell Foundation

"AGE NO BAR" Under the Series of Symposiums on Needs and Rights of Older Persons on 26th November, 2010 at  Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi

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Death of husband and head of family is DISASTER for any Indian Family. In many homes, children have left the nest and settled outside the city and/or working abroad. All relatives who come generally leave  after the fourth day. It is then that the widow realizes the problems she is going to face when alone. This note has been prepared with the fond hope that husband when alive, will take certain actions, which considerably reduces the chances of harassment after wife becomes widow.   In this respect sensible  FINANCIAL PLANNING can be crucial. Anticipating a tragedy may be one of the most important bits of financial planning a wife can do.  Thinking ahead to protect yourself and your children in the event of a disaster, while perhaps emotionally difficult, need not take a great deal of time or be very complicated nor very costly unlike in USA, and you could someday be very grateful you did it. WHEN A WIFE BECOMES WIDOW AND FINDS HERSELF SUDDENLY ALON...

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Survey conducted by Agewell Research & Advocacy Centre  (for Needs & Rights of Older Persons) September 2010 Quotations by Some of the old people who were interviewed Brij Bhushan Sharma and Shaymla Sharma, both in their 80’s are forced to live alone in their quite big house located at Greater Kailash. Their sons are settled abroad. They hardly visit them, even for months; they could not talk to their sons and grandchildren. Money is not a problem for them at all, besides their good income from their investments; their sons too send money for them.   But due to loneliness and isolation they have been facing depression for years. Both of them suffering from multiple diseases and have to visit their doctors almost every day. On the other hand a 75-year-old lady Harjeet Kaur, who lived in a traditional joint family of 8 members, feel also suffering from depression syndrome. She says, “I had worked hard for the welfare of my children and even grand-children, b...

    To view complete booklet, click here http://www.agewellfoundation.org/Depression%20In%20Old%20Age%20-%20Agewell-Booklet.pdf Today's Paper » NATIONAL » NEW DELHI September 14, 2010 Inside delhi Madhur Tankha Guiding the elderly To ensure a better life for senior citizens, non-government organisation Agewell Foundation has prepared a booklet on depression focusing on symptoms and causes. Titled “Depression in Old Age”, it offers a guide to the causes of depression in old age, its symptoms and ways to overcome it.  The Foundation has recommended possible treatment and solutions to help depressed people. Through its helpline for older persons, it receives hundreds of distress calls from senior citizens daily. It has found that 80 per cent of senior citizens in Delhi and the National Capital Region are facing problems like loneliness, isolation and little interaction with family members/relatives/friends. The majority of older persons were found to be depressed fo...