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Geriatric health old age in new india
1. Geriatric
Health
-Old age in New India.
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Presented by-
Dr. Madhu Gaikwad
(2nd year Post Graduate Scholar)
Guided by-
Dr. Shubhra A. Gupta
Dr. Smita Verma
Department of Community Medicine
Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur (C.G.)
2. “You do not heal old age. You protect it; you
promote it; you extend it”
- Sir James Sterling Ross.
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3. Lesson Plan
• What is Geriatrics?
• Global and National burden of geriatric population.
• Health Problems of geriatrics
• Level of preventions
• Programs and policies related to it.
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6. • Gerontology: “The study of physical and
psychological changes which are incident to old age
is called gerontology”.
• Geriatrics: Branch of medicine that deals with the
health of the elderly. Also known as Clinical
Gerontology.
• Preventive geriatrics: focuses on prevention and
reduction of disability and improving the quality of
life of elderly.
Park Textbook of Community Medicine, 24th Edition
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7. • Aging: Aging is a predictable, progressive and
universal deterioration in various aspects of health
related to mental, physical, behavioral and biomedical
domains.
• Senescence: Deterioration in the vitality or lowering
of the biological efficiency or feebleness of the body
and mind, associated with the process of aging.
Park Textbook of Community Medicine, 24th Edition
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8. • Active aging: Process of optimizing opportunities for
health, participation and security in order to enhance
quality of life as people age.
Active refers to continuing participation in social,
economic, cultural, spiritual and civil affairs.
Park Textbook of Community Medicine, 24th Edition
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9. Introduction
• United Nations defines the cut off point for elderly at
60 years.
• According to WHO, for most of the developed
countries it is 65 years.
• In India- 60 years and above *
– Young Old - up to age of 75 years
– Old old - 76 to 85 years
– Very Old - after 85 years.
* Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Jan 2016
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10. Demographic Transition
Handbook on Social Welfare Statistics, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI, Jan 2016 10
•India is in Late Expanding phase.
11. Handbook on Social Welfare Statistics, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI, Jan 2016 11
Advances in
medicine
Increase in the
geriatric population
Increased the life
expectancy
Decreased
fertility rates
13. Populations are getting older
Aboderin IA, Beard JR. Older people’s health in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lancet. 2015 Feb 14;385(9968):e9–11. doi: http://dx.doi.
org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61602-0 PMID: 25468150
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2015 2050
14. • Globally elderly constitute 11 % of total population.
• 901 million 2.1 billion
• In India: Elderly constitutes the 8.58% of total Indian
population.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ǀ World Population aging, 2015 14
21. Source : Report on Independent Commission on Health in India
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18.7
17.4
16.1
13.3
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8.5
8.2
0 20 40 60 80 100
Visual Complaints
Locomotor System and Disorders
Neurological Complains
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
Skin Conditions
GI Tract
Psychiatric Complains
Hearing Loss
% OF OCCURANCE OF ILLNESS
ILLNESS
Graph showing disease burden among
elders in India
22. Psychological problems
Emotional disturbance
Feel lonely, neglected & unwanted
Anxiety, Depression & Suicidal tendencies
Impaired memory
Decline in sexual performance
Rigid outlook
Park Textbook of Community Medicine, 24th Edition
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23. Loneliness and social
isolation
Rapid disintegration of joint
family
Changes in social contact
due to retirement
Bereavement- Death of
spouse / siblings, close
relatives, separation of their
children after marriage
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Social Problems
24. Social Problems
Diminished participation
in social and cultural
activities
Change in the attitude of
community towards
elderly
Inability to adopt with
changing environment.
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25. Economical Problems
More common in females than in
males.
Retirement
Self employed like farmers, daily
wages earners can’t earn their
livelihood due to disease and
disabilities.
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29. Tertiary care
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• Includes all measures available to
reduce or limit impairments &
disabilities & minimize suffering
caused by existing disability.
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• It includes Rehabilitation,
Caretaker Support and
Introduction of support Necessary
to prevent loss of Autonomy.
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30. Senior Citizens in India: Constitutional Benefits
and facilities
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Article 41 of Indian Constitution deals with the
State’s role in providing social security to the
aged. According to this article, “ State shall,
within the limits of its economic capacity and
development, make effective provision for
securing the right to work, to educate and to
public assistance in case of unemployment, OLD
AGE, sickness and disablement and in other cases
of underserved want”.
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Ensure the well-being of the elderly so that they
do not become marginalized, unprotected or
ignored on any count.
• Encourage families to take care of their older
family member
Enable and support NGOs to supplement the care
provided by family
• Provide care and protection to vulnerable
elderly people
Provide adequate health care facility to elderly.
National Policy For Older Person (NPOP)-1999
33. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
Senior Citizen Act-2007
The act provide for –
Revocation of transfer of property by senior citizen in
case of negligence by relatives
Establishment of old age homes for needy elderly.
Provision of geriatric bed and wards in
government hospital
Facilities like separate queues for senior citizen
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35. National Programme for Health Care of Elderly
(NPHCE)
OBJECTIVE-
Provide preventive ,curative and rehabilitative
services to elderly
Promote research on geriatric diseases
Human resource development in geriatric health
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36. VISION
To provide accessible, affordable, and high-quality
long-term, comprehensive and dedicated care
services to an Ageing population
Creating a new “architecture” for Ageing
To build a framework to create an enabling
environment for “a Society for all Ages”
To promote the concept of Active and Healthy
Ageing
NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR
HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY, MoHFW, Government of India, 2011
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Strengthening of 8 Regional Medical
Institutes.
2 National Centres of aging are
established at AIIMS, New Delhi and
Madras Medical College, Chennai.
Community based PHC approach
including domiciliary visits by trained
health-care workers.
Dedicated services at PHC/Community
Health Centre (CHC).
38. Tertiary
District Hospital
Daily Geriatric Clinic
Geriatric Wards (10
Beds)
CHC/PHC
Geriatric OPD on fixed days
Sub Centre
Home Based Care
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Geriatric Wards (30
Beds)
Daily Geriatric Clinic
39. Services provided at level of Subcentre
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Health Education related
to Healthy ageing.
Domiciliary visits for
attention and care to home
bound / bedridden elderly
persons
40. Services provided at Primary Health Centre
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Weekly geriatric clinic run by a trained Medical
Officer
Maintain record of the Elderly
Referral for diseases needing further investigation
and treatment.
Conducting a routine health assessment of the
elderly persons
41. Services provided at Community Health Centre Level
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Geriatric Clinic
twice a week.
Rehabilitation Unit
for physiotherapy and
counselling
Domiciliary
visits
Health promotion and
Prevention
Referral of difficult cases to
District Hospital/higher
health care facility
42. Services provided at level of District Hospital
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Geriatric Clinic for regular dedicated OPD services to
the Elderly
Facilities for laboratory investigations for diagnosis.
Ten-bedded Geriatric Ward for in-patient care of the
Elderly
Provide services for the elderly patients referred by the
CHCs/PHCs etc
Referral services for severe cases to tertiary level
hospitals
43. Services provided at Regional Geriatric Centres
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Geria
-tric
Clinic
30-bedded
Geriatric
Ward for in-
patient.
Labora-
tory
investigati
ons
Tertiary
health care to
the cases
referred from
medical
colleges,
district
hospitals
44. Geriatric OPD in Raipur
• Inaugurated on 1st October
2018.
• OPD Facilities provided :
Medicine
Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Orthopedics
ENT
Ophthalmology
Psychiatry
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46. National Council for Older Person (NCOP)
Constituted in 1999
Highest body to advice the government in formulation
of policy and programs for the aged
Launched in 2000
• Action plan for protection of life and property of
senior citizen
• By 2010 ,act was notified by 22 states and all union
territories.
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National Initiative on Care For Elderly (NICE)
47. Up to 90 percent of the project cost is provided to Non-
Governmental Organizations for running and maintenance
of old age homes, day care centers and mobile medicine
units.
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Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP)
49. Objective & Assistance Provided
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Objective: To disburse pension to the destitute old age
persons.
Assistance provided: Rs. 400/- per month
Beneficiary: >65 years of age BPL OR > 60 years &
affected with Leprosy / blindness / Insanity / Paralysis /
Loss of limb.
Other benefits: Clothes twice a year and 2-4 kg of rice
per month
50. National Policy on Senior Citizens 2011
• Promote the concept of ‘Ageing in Place’ or ageing in
own home, housing, income security and homecare
services, old age pension and access to healthcare
insurance schemes and other programmes and
services to facilitate and sustain dignity in old age.
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52. Objective & Assistance Provided
Objective : To disburse pension to the destitute widows.
Assistance Provided: Rs 200/- Per month
Beneficiary: 40 - 59 yrs of Age BPL widow
After they attain the age of 60,they qualify for pension
under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension
Scheme(IGNOAPS).
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53. Annapurna Scheme
•This scheme aims to provide food security to meet the
requirement of those senior citizens who, though
eligible, have remained uncovered under the
IGNOAPS.
•Under the Annapurna Scheme, 6 Kg wheat and 4 Kg
Rice is provided every month to each beneficiary.
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54. Mukhyamantri Pension Yojna 2018
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• As per this programme, Chhattisgarh Government provide
monthly pension to beneficiaries named in Below Poverty
Line Card (2011).
• Sector : Social Welfare Department
• Beneficiary :
– 60 years or above
– Woman 18yrs or above
Widow
Divorced women
Abandoned women in marriage
55. Schemes of Other Ministries
1.Ministry of health and family welfare-
Separate queues for olders in government hospital
Started geriatric clinic in several government hospital
National programme for health care of the
elderly(NPHCE)
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56. 2.Ministry of Railway
Separate ticket counters for the
elderly.
Provision of 40 & 50 percent
discount for male & female
respectively in all Mails/Express
Provision of wheel chairs at
stations for the disabled elderly
passengers
Provision of Lower Berth Quota
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57. 3.Ministry of Rural development
Implementing Indra gandhi
national old age pension scheme
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58. 4.Ministry of Finance
Exemption from Income Tax for
Senior Citizens of 60 years and
above up to Rs. 2.50 lakh per
annum.
Exemption from Income Tax for
Senior Citizens of 80 years and
above up to Rs. 5.00 lakh per
annum.
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60. NGOs For Older Person in India
•HelpAge India
• Agewell Foundation
•Maitri
•GiveIndia
•India Sponsor
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61. Old age homes in Raipur
• Vridha Ashram
(Sanjeevni) (run by
Badhte Kadam),Kota
• Aashraya, Shyam
Nagar (run by Lions
Club, Raipur)
• Government Old Age
Home, Mana, Raipur.
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62. Bapu ki Kutiya
• Launched on 27th January
2018 in the Collectorate
garden, Raipur.
• Over 50 attractive hut
sheds are being set up in
gardens and public places
across the state capital
exclusively for senior
citizens.
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63. HelpAge India
Mission:
Work for the cause and care of disadvantaged Older
Persons, in order to improve the quality of their lives.
Objectives :
• To foster the welfare of the aged in India especially
the needy aged
• To raise funds for projects which assist the elderly
irrespective of cast or creed
• To create in the younger generation and in society an
awareness about the problems of the elderly in India
today
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66. References
• Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 24th
edition.
• Community Medicine with recent advances, AH Suryakantha,
4th Edition.
• Textbook of Community Medicine, Piyush Gupta.
• Handbook on Social welfare statistics, Ministry of Social
Justice and empowerment, GOI, January 2016
• World Population Ageing 2015 ,United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs ǀ Population Division.
• NPHCE, Government of India
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