Careers and learning opportunities for Elderly

1. By:
Aastha Dhingra
Director & Co-Founder
AD EXECUTIVE TRAINING AND COACHING PVT

2. LIFE BEGINS AT 60 FOR ELDERLY

3. OLD AGE ....!!!
What comes to
your mind??

4. Old age is usually a
period of declining
physical health

5. PROBLEMS....!!!
Cognitive2.
Physiological1.
social3.
behavioral4.

6. ERIKSON’S WISDOM
 He outlined 8 stages of humanity
stretching from birth to death, each
representing a crisis.
 The last and final stage is integrity versus
despair (late adulthood)
 The final life crisis manifests itself as a
review of the individuals life-career.
 Wisdom is a mysterious ingredient that
occasionally accompanies aging

7. OLDER ARE WISER….??!!!

8. ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELDERLY PERSON
As the number and
percentage of older persons
grew and their frailty became a
liability, they began to be seen
as a as burden to the family
and society.

9. Research done at graduation level
show that elderly who are working
post-retirement has better well-
being, perceived their health more
positively, have a better
performance on ADL and have a
better subjective memory.

10. NEW CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SENIOR CITIZENS IN INDIA

11. 1. FREELANCE WRITING

12. 2. ONLINE TEACHING AND TUTORING JOBS

13. 3. VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS

14. 4. DATA ENTRY JOBS

15. 5. TELEMARKETING JOBS

16. 6. OPERATOR JOBS

17. Learning Opportunities for senior
citizens in India

18. 1. BASIC COMPUTER COURSES AT NIIT

19. 2. DIGNITY SECOND CAREERS

20. 3. DISTANCE LEARNING

21. 4. DIGITALLEARNING.IN

22. 5. SOCIALJUSTICE.NIC.IN

23. 6. SENIORINDIAN.COM

24. 7. SENIOR CITIZEN SAVINGS SCHEME