Watch this video…
Its a fervent appeal from an Old Age Home in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Bholananda Briddha Ashram
44, Middle Road
Barrack-Pore
Kolkata – 120
Phone: +91-33-25941627, 69916322
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This video very sensitively portrays the plight of the elderlies in India, and why they are forced to live in Old Age Homes (OAH).
Take for example, the elderly woman who says she was beaten by her daughter-in-law, and her son therefore asked her to move to an old age home. Or for that matter the elderly [...]
Updated on 20th January, 2010.
Continuing with our series on NGOs… here is a list of Old Age Homes in Delhi NCR. It includes those run by the state as well as civil society organizations.
(1) Old Age Homes run by NDMC in Delhi
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Sandhya
Home for Senior Citizens
Opposite Hyatt Regency Hotel
Netaji Nagar
New Delhi – 110023
Phone : +91-11-24671273, 24103542
Aaradhana [...]
Here is a list of NGOs working for welfare of senior citizens in Delhi.
HelpAge India
C-14 Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi, India – 110016
Phone : +91-11-41688955-56
E-mail: headoffice@helpageindia.org
Age Care India
N-17 B Saket,
New Delhi –17.
Phone : +91-11-26965471
Agewell Foundation
M-8A, Lajpat Nagar,Part-2
New Delhi-110024, INDIA
Phone : +91-11-29836486 / 29840484
Fax: +91-11-29830458
Email: agewell@bol.net.in
ARDSI – Delhi Chapter
163 Kailash Hills
(Ground Floor Back Portion)
New Delhi, India – 110065
Helpline Phone [...]
This health initiative of Delhi government is a boon for elderlies and their care-givers. Infact it is steps like this which go a long way in according real health benefits to senior citizens.
Sunday Clinics is a scheme of the Health Department of Delhi Government wherein OPD facilities are provided to senior citizens every Sunday between specified hours. This way the [...]
Written on April 17, 2008 | Posted in
Elder Abuse,
Health,
India,
Senior Citizens |
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