Updated on 30th September, 2009 Heres another one in our series on NGOs… a list of Old Age Homes in Kolkata, the erstwhile Calcutta in India. // Ananda Ashram 26, S.R. Das Road, Kalighat Kolkata – 700026 Phone: +91-33-24660318 Mobile: +91-9830284526 Email: navoday_anandaashram@yahoo.co.in Adorations Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bridha Ashram (Home for [...]
80 million people are over the age of 60 in India 60% of them live in poverty 80% do not have adequate medical or financial support 12 million elderly people in India are blind 5,00,000 older people die of tuberculosis every year 33 million elderlies are living with diabetes !! These shocking figures are as reported in this [...]
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 Related Reading: Elder Abuse in India – a case of Human Rights violations Grants (funds) for Old Age Homes in India (2008-09)
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 [...]
Updated on 1st August, 2011. 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 // Sandhya Home for Senior Citizens Opposite Hyatt Regency Hotel Netaji Nagar [...]
