Bangalore City treating aged harshly
The helpline has received about 90,000 phone calls from the elderly from 2002 to 2012. The senior citizens continue to call the helpline, seeking information or complaining about their ill-treatment. In 2009, 62 elderly people called up, complaining that their family members were either harassing them or had cheated them. This number rose to 67 in 2010 and to 68 in 2011. Since 2002, the training centre has received 2,211 complaints altogether of harassment by family.
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
City does not respect its elders ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3529247.ece
Chennai ranks 12/20 in survey of elder abuse
Chennai ranks 12/20 in survey of elder abuse
Chennai ranked 12th on the list of 20 cities that were surveyed for abuse of elderly people by HelpAge India this year. The non-governmental organisation released its annual survey report at an event to commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Thursday, at the office of the Commissioner of Police here in Egmore.
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
|
**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Elders least abused in Kerala'
The elderly have a better deal in Kerala than in most other states in the country. Research published by the non-government organisation HelpAge India shows that Kerala has one of the lowest rates of abuse of elders in the country
No comments:
Post a Comment