Things To Know About Health Care For Seniors In India

India has come up with various facilities to help the disadvantaged senior people and improve their standards of living and quality of life. Long term development and sustainability are the visions upon which various steps taken or policies formulates in the country are based. There are various NGOs, senior citizen homes, health care centers in the country now which are aimed at achieving the aforementioned goal. Health insurance for seniors is being made available along with the provision of providing them with services that are appropriate for their age.

Latest trends – Internet and Smartphones Aid for the Elderly care

Nowadays, to make it more user-friendly and enhance the availability, online elder health care facilities are available. Mobile apps have been programmed and are available on app stores but now the only concern is that not all senior citizens are well versed when it comes to using smartphones and applications. They can be trained to use these or the younger generation can help and make use of these latest inventions.

Medical treatments

At an old age, health care facilities need to be cheap and available at ease. Many health complications, most common being, asthma, Alzheimer, cataract, slip disc, etc. need treatment which is to be done over a long period of time, for a long period of time and also, not all hospitals have such kind of senior citizen health care available. In India, nowadays, the state and facilities in many government hospitals are being improved for the same reason. Also, for people of old age medicines are being available at lower costs in hospitals, the main aim being provide a kind of health security.

Livelihood security

Old age homes have become a new thing in India, not that there’s something good in the fact that there are families that abandon the old aged people at their homes. There are organizations that have opened such centers and those are institutions for the elderly which help in providing them security for livelihood. An extension to such services is the availability of employment, or to be more specific, services in government sector, private sector or even the civil society: with appropriate wages that help them meet their own basic needs and requirements.

Fight for the rights

For elders pan India, various advantage groups are being formed with the main focus being on providing elders with their right to security, work and pension.

On the whole, health care facilities for seniors in India are being improved with time and this will, in the long run, help the country develop. Poverty alleviation and medical services are being provided to the large population of 100 million senior citizens in India, which is a large fraction of the total population. This section of the society cannot and should not be ignored because as it is said’ Old is Gold’, they are the heritage of the country which needs to be preserved.