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 The Aged)
Krishnagar, Nadia
West Bengal, India – 741101
Phone: +91-3472-250125
All Bengal Women’s [...]
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 video.
As a small step towards extending relief, [...]
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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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 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 [...]
