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AGE FRIENDLY KERALA
PUBLIC OPINION FORUM
VENUE: ALUVA GUEST HOUSE
25/11/2015
ARUN GEORGE
MSW II YEAR
RCSS
• First Public opinion camp for collecting
suggestions and opinions for age friendly
KERALA
• Special officer: V.K.Beeran
• Inauguration by: M.M.Pareet Pillai (former
chief justice)
• Venue: Guest House Aluva
25-Nov-15 2
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
PARTICIPANTS
• Senior advocates
• advocates
• Delegates of Ngo’s
• Presidents of different old age associations
• Sisters of orphanages
• Members of charitable trusts
• SSWs
• MSWs
• Common people
25-Nov-15 3
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
Nature of Camp
• Tea
• public meeting
• Opinions received oral(2 minutes) and written
• Phone no collected all those who spoke
• Thanks giving by V.K.Beeran
25-Nov-15 4
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP
ARUN GEORGE MSW
Problems and Demands of elderly
• Elderly friendly hospitals (special care)
• Availability of generic medicine from all govt hospitals.
• Free treatment and subsidies for medicine.
• Age friendly infrastructure in hospitals
• Experienced nurses to deal with old people
• Provision of getting decent death at hospitals
• Organ donation instructions
• Health medical camps and distribution of master cards for free
medicines (take it as govt responsibility)
• Anganawady and Ashraya projects must be linked to age friendly
activities
25-Nov-15 5
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP
ARUN GEORGE MSW
• Old age pension should be given on every month
and a timely increase in pension
• Orphanage provisions (food and medicine) or grants
must not be derailed.
• “Vayojana vakuppu” – govt department for old age
people
• The procedure of ensuring a man is alive for
pension is very pathetic…use social network or PRO
should come to old people for ensuring….
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP
ARUN GEORGE MSW
6
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
7
• Reserved Bus seats should be shifted to the centre
• Concession in travelling in buses(30%)
• Vehicles needed for pakal veedu and must be linked
to pain and palliative care of PHC
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
8
• In order to tap the experience of old people they
must be included in the monitoring and evaluation
committee for small remunarations by LSG
• LSG provision for elderly to be increased from 5% to
10%
• Lack of day care centers for old people (Pakal
veedu) and no grants from LSG for running this
Pakal veedu
• Link to jagrata samiti
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
9
• State level- chairman chief justice
• District level- chairman district judge
• Village level
• Ward committee
– they must be given judicial power
– Petition to be handled by them
Structure of age friendly board
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
10
• Bank should lend loans to old people
• The terminological shift: from old people to
senior citizens
• Special consideration for old people in long
cues in govt departments
• The threat of other state people must be
invigilated by police seriously
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
11
• Age friendly concepts must be taught in the class
rooms and must be included in the curriculum
• Services of social workers and councillors must be
used for the benefit of old age people
• Lunch to be provided to bed ridden people
• Awareness classes for old age people instilling
hope and will to deal uncertainties.
• Food path must be constructed while road
planning
• Visa processing problems and toil of the old
people in abroad who are with the children
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
12
Regarding voting of old age people
• Voting friendly atmosphere for old people
– old people have problem of travelling
– vote verifications must not be biased
– Age friendly measures to be adopted
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
13
Adv. Shefi fcc
• Orphanages should be small communities
comprising 20 to 30 people
• The provisions of govt are not sufficing and
looking after more than 150 people is very
tedious job . The one to one sharing is
impossible in this regard.
• Old pension must be given the persons
wherever they are that is even if they are in
homes, streets or orphanage.
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
14
Main NGOs
• Vayomitram
• Theruvu velicham
• Help age India
• Dementia centre
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
15
Thank you
25-Nov-15
AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN
GEORGE MSW
16

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Problems of elderly

  • 1. AGE FRIENDLY KERALA PUBLIC OPINION FORUM VENUE: ALUVA GUEST HOUSE 25/11/2015 ARUN GEORGE MSW II YEAR RCSS
  • 2. • First Public opinion camp for collecting suggestions and opinions for age friendly KERALA • Special officer: V.K.Beeran • Inauguration by: M.M.Pareet Pillai (former chief justice) • Venue: Guest House Aluva 25-Nov-15 2 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW
  • 3. PARTICIPANTS • Senior advocates • advocates • Delegates of Ngo’s • Presidents of different old age associations • Sisters of orphanages • Members of charitable trusts • SSWs • MSWs • Common people 25-Nov-15 3 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW
  • 4. Nature of Camp • Tea • public meeting • Opinions received oral(2 minutes) and written • Phone no collected all those who spoke • Thanks giving by V.K.Beeran 25-Nov-15 4 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW
  • 5. Problems and Demands of elderly • Elderly friendly hospitals (special care) • Availability of generic medicine from all govt hospitals. • Free treatment and subsidies for medicine. • Age friendly infrastructure in hospitals • Experienced nurses to deal with old people • Provision of getting decent death at hospitals • Organ donation instructions • Health medical camps and distribution of master cards for free medicines (take it as govt responsibility) • Anganawady and Ashraya projects must be linked to age friendly activities 25-Nov-15 5 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW
  • 6. • Old age pension should be given on every month and a timely increase in pension • Orphanage provisions (food and medicine) or grants must not be derailed. • “Vayojana vakuppu” – govt department for old age people • The procedure of ensuring a man is alive for pension is very pathetic…use social network or PRO should come to old people for ensuring…. 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 6
  • 7. 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 7
  • 8. • Reserved Bus seats should be shifted to the centre • Concession in travelling in buses(30%) • Vehicles needed for pakal veedu and must be linked to pain and palliative care of PHC 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 8
  • 9. • In order to tap the experience of old people they must be included in the monitoring and evaluation committee for small remunarations by LSG • LSG provision for elderly to be increased from 5% to 10% • Lack of day care centers for old people (Pakal veedu) and no grants from LSG for running this Pakal veedu • Link to jagrata samiti 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 9
  • 10. • State level- chairman chief justice • District level- chairman district judge • Village level • Ward committee – they must be given judicial power – Petition to be handled by them Structure of age friendly board 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 10
  • 11. • Bank should lend loans to old people • The terminological shift: from old people to senior citizens • Special consideration for old people in long cues in govt departments • The threat of other state people must be invigilated by police seriously 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 11
  • 12. • Age friendly concepts must be taught in the class rooms and must be included in the curriculum • Services of social workers and councillors must be used for the benefit of old age people • Lunch to be provided to bed ridden people • Awareness classes for old age people instilling hope and will to deal uncertainties. • Food path must be constructed while road planning • Visa processing problems and toil of the old people in abroad who are with the children 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 12
  • 13. Regarding voting of old age people • Voting friendly atmosphere for old people – old people have problem of travelling – vote verifications must not be biased – Age friendly measures to be adopted 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 13
  • 14. Adv. Shefi fcc • Orphanages should be small communities comprising 20 to 30 people • The provisions of govt are not sufficing and looking after more than 150 people is very tedious job . The one to one sharing is impossible in this regard. • Old pension must be given the persons wherever they are that is even if they are in homes, streets or orphanage. 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 14
  • 15. Main NGOs • Vayomitram • Theruvu velicham • Help age India • Dementia centre 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 15
  • 16. Thank you 25-Nov-15 AGE FRIENDLY KERALA CAMP ARUN GEORGE MSW 16