The HelpAge India report, released on the eve of 'World Elder Abuse Awareness Day' (June 15), reveals that a majority of adults in India are unprepared for their coming years and are dependent on others for a decent living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event, held at the India International Centre, included a report titled Ageing in India: Exploring Preparedness and Responses to Care Challenges, and panel discussions with stakeholders from the private sector, government, community and international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study was conducted in 20 tier I and tier II cities in 10 states and surveyed 5,169 adults and primary family members of 1,333 caregivers. The survey was conducted among SEC B and C (socio-economic classes) categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report brought out the 'unpreparedness and inadequacy' among the elderly in India in terms of access and awareness to access basic services in multiple areas to lead a dignified life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Financial Inadequacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The report revealed that one in every three adults received no income at all last year. This trend is higher among women (38%) than men (27%). Further, the report reveals that 32% of the elderly or their spouses have an annual income of less than Rs 50,000 and only 29% of the elderly receive social security schemes such as old age pension \/ contributory pension \/ provident fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About 40% of illiterate adults reported having no available source of income, compared to 29% of literate adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About 65% of adults reported being financially insecure when looking at their current income, savings, and investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poor state of health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n More than half of the elderly (52%) reported facing at least one challenge related to basic or instrumental activities of daily living. 54% suffer from two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of the adults (79%) have visited government hospitals \/ clinics \/ public health centres (PHCs) in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only 31% of the elderly are reported to have taken health insurance and the coverage is mainly under the Ayushman Bharat Programme (ABP) - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) ESI and CGHS. A very small proportion of respondents (3%) also reported having purchased commercial health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reasons for not having health insurance are mainly lack of awareness (32%), unaffordability (24%) and lack of need for it (12%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, only 1.5 percent of adults used teleconsultation services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victims of torture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Elder abuse remains a major concern, with 7% of older adults admitting to being a victim of abuse, while 5% of older adults declined to respond to this question.Compared to those from SEC B (4%), adults from SEC C (11%) reported experiencing higher rates of abuse.Their sons (42%) and daughters-in-law (28%) were the primary offenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food for the elderly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The awareness of the vital legal resource for the distressed elderly regarding the care and welfare of parents and senior citizens still remains at a very low level of 9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the digital empowerment front, 41% of respondents reported having access to any digital device, while 59% did not have access to a digital device. The most commonly used device is smartphones, with 39% of adults having access to it. The gender digital divide is particularly important, as 33% of older women and 48% of older men have access to a digital device. Access to digital devices has declined significantly with age, with only 26% of people over the age of 80 having access to any digital device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only one in five older adults report that they can comfortably use digital devices, while the remaining four cannot use digital devices or need ongoing support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The use of digital devices is mainly for entertainment and social media, 34% of the elderly surveyed regularly use a digital device for entertainment and social media, 12% used digital media for paying utility bills and internet banking, and only 1.5% used telehealth services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social and Family Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social inclusion among community organizations was low, with only a very small number (7%) of older adults reporting being members of any social organization, and most of them thought it helped them connect with their peers. 63% feel that such networking keeps them physically and mentally active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, adults continue to contribute to family life, with 61% engaged in caring for grandchildren, and a third of older adults engaged in regular household chores, cooking and shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"\" \"As people live longer and the elderly population increases, certain groups (over 80, those living alone and elderly women) face a higher risk and require special care.\"Along with healthcare, where the government is taking important steps including NPHCE and the recent announcement on 70 plus coverage under PM-JAY, all stakeholders need to develop a comprehensive long-term care (LTC) framework on provision and financing together. \"Rohit Prasad, CEO, HelpAge India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The report highlights the lack of age-appropriate preparedness, especially among the middle class who are not covered under government schemes and have meagre savings. The ecosystem is not developed enough to look after their needs in care, health, finances and digital inclusion. So, we are urgently preparing programmes and services specifically for the elderly, especially the underprivileged, \"said Anupama Dutta, Head of Policy Research and Advocacy, HelpAge India.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018\u0d32\u0d4b\u0d15 \u0d35\u0d2f\u0d4b\u0d1c\u0d28 \u0d26\u0d41\u0d30\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d2f\u0d4b\u0d17 \u0d2c\u0d4b\u0d27\u0d35\u0d7d\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d30\u0d23 \u0d26\u0d3f\u0d28\u2019\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d7b\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d46 \u0d24\u0d32\u0d47\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d4d (\u0d1c\u0d42\u0d7a 15) \u0d2a\u0d41\u0d31\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d31\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d3f\u0d2f \u0d39\u0d46\u0d7d\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d \u0d0f\u0d1c\u0d4d \u0d07\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d31\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d7c\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d4d \u0d35\u0d46\u0d33\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d46\u0d1f\u0d41\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d24\u0d4d \u0d07\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d46 \u0d2d\u0d42\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d02 \u0d2e\u0d41\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d7c\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d35\u0d30\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d05\u0d35\u0d30\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d46 \u0d35\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d28\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d35\u0d7c\u0d37\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d7e\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d3f \u0d24\u0d2f\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d31\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d46\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d2f \u0d1c\u0d40\u0d35\u0d3f\u0d24\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d3f \u0d2e\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33\u0d35\u0d30\u0d46 \u0d06\u0d36\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d35\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d46\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d35\u0d46\u0d33\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d46\u0d1f\u0d41\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d41. \u0d07\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d07\u0d7b\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d7c\u0d28\u0d3e\u0d37\u0d23\u0d7d \u0d38\u0d46\u0d7b\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d7d \u0d28\u0d1f\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d1a\u0d1f\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d3f\u0d7d \u0d0f\u0d1c\u0d3f\u0d02\u0d17\u0d4d \u0d07\u0d7b \u0d07\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f: \u0d0e\u0d15\u0d4d\u200c\u0d38\u0d4d\u200c\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d4b\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d02\u0d17\u0d4d \u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d47\u0d7c\u0d21\u0d4d\u200c\u0d28\u0d46\u0d38\u0d4d \u0d06\u0d7b\u0d21\u0d4d \u0d31\u0d46\u0d38\u0d4d\u200c\u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d7a\u0d38\u0d4d \u0d1f\u0d41 \u0d15\u0d46\u0d2f\u0d7c \u0d1a\u0d32\u0d1e\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d41\u0d15\u0d7e \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d24\u0d32\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d46\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33 \u0d31\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d7c\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d4d, \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d35\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d2e\u0d47\u0d16\u0d32, \u0d38\u0d7c\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d7c, \u0d15\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d42\u0d23\u0d3f\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3f, \u0d05\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d37\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d30 \u0d38\u0d3e\u0d2e\u0d42\u0d39\u0d3f\u0d15 \u0d2e\u0d47\u0d16\u0d32 \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d3f\u0d35\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d7d \u0d28\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33 \u0d2a\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d33\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d33\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33 \u0d2a\u0d3e\u0d28\u0d7d […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-finance"],"yoast_head":"\n