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Our country is developing day by day and is heading towards progress. With this even the population of the senior citizen is increasing. In 1951, the senior citizen count was 19.8 million and in 2001, this count has increased to 76 millions. The number count says that in 2013, the count of people aged above 60 might cross 100 millions. It’s also said that this count may reach 198 million around 2030.In 1947, it was said that an average age of a person is 29 yrs.Now with the development of science and medicine it’s estimated that a person’s average age is 63 yrs.Indian culture stresses on respecting our elders and looking after them.

With the change in time, it is seen that all these have lost values. We can see more of nuclear families and joint family has almost lost value. Senior citizens are cornered these days and their children are not ready to take responsibilities of their parents. Due to this, the senior citizens are facing financial, physical and mental problems.

Some of the reasons for this problem are:

The new generation after getting educated and usually shift to cities or foreign countries.

  • When people don’t give their children the right and authority, and when they fall sick or not able to cope up with the responsibilities, their children might start ignoring them.
  • Initially parents doubt their decision of going and staying with their children and with time their children doubt their decision of staying with their parents.
  • Due to the generation gap which leads to different thinking and behavior.

 

In our society, we find many senior citizen who posses wealth and richness. But in their old age, nor their children or any other relatives are ready to look after them. It’s very sad to know that no one comes near people who is bed ridden or who cannot do their things independently.

By seeing today’s condition and situation, we with the help of Spandana Charitable Trust started an old age home in order to help the senior citizens. We see to that, all the old aged people can spend their remaining days happily with other house mates.

Spandana Charitable trust has opened an old age home in Adarshanagara Manipal.We try to provide good facilities and good environment for all the house-mates here.

Our next goals :

A spacious and clean building and an environment is our primary goal in order to provide more facility. We will then be able to accommodate more number of senior citizens. Some of the primary facilities are needed in the current building. To fulfill all this, we need your whole hearted support and we request you to join your hands with us.
We run old age home for no profit making scheme. We have sufficient number of staff members, whom we have to pay salary. However we the trustees and member’s work honorarily.