Elder law in India
The rights of older persons are the entitlements and
independence claimed for senior citizens (i.e. above 60 years of
age). Elderly rights are one of the fundamental rights of India. The
International Day of older persons is celebrated annually on October 1.
The 2001 census of India demonstrated that aged people in India
have crossed over 100 million. Many older people in India are not alert
about the human rights of older persons, due to high occurrence of illiteracy and
lack of alertness. Elder illiteracy directly contributes to a lack of knowledge
regarding the human rights for older people in India, and contributes to the
infringement of those rights.
Surveys have found that one out of every six older persons living in urban
areas in India aren't obtaining proper nutrition, one out of every three
older persons does not obtain sufficient health care or medicine, and
one out of every two older persons don't receive due respect or good conduct
from family members or people in general.
In today's state of urbanization in which women are increasingly
joining the workforce, the roots of joint family systems are eroding. Higher
numbers of older people who have spent most of their life with their
joint/extended families may face loneliness and marginalization in
their old age. In rural areas the older members of families, (i.e.: people who
are above 60 years of age), are respected more and are considered a strong part
of the family as the joint family system remains part of their roots. In
villages 46.91% of the older men and 50.1% of older women are from joint
families. In rural areas 13,560 out of 29,000 rural elderly have joint
families.
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ReplyDeleteMost of the elder persons are unaware about their rights specially those who lives in rural areas so I personally think the government has to run campaign and make them aware about their rights so they will get all the stuff which they deserve as per the law.
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