Making it Better for Senior Citizens - Solutions Needed
Below are the Root Causes for Issues that Senior Citizens face. Kindly review and help identify solutions that can be implemented to address them.
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Making It Better for Senior Citizens (Key Root Causes)
1. Senior citizens are not very comfortable with new technologies
2. Government doesn’t have ‘social security schemes’ for senior citizens in India
3. Aging diseases are very expensive to treat
4. Making Old Age Homes requires lots of money and land
5. Many modern children have stopped caring for their parents due to the western influence and demands of their own marriage/lifestyle
6. Policing in our country is ineffective and is unable to prevent a lot of crimes, especially against senior citizens
7. Many senior citizens live alone and hence are an easy target for criminals
8. Metro cities are overcrowded and many parks have made way for commercial and residential establishments
9. Planning of the roads, pathways, public places are not done keeping the senior citizens in mind
10. A provision is lacking where the private companies could also pay a pension to retired employees
11. Insurance companies are not able to make enough profit by insuring senior citizens
Making It Better for Senior Citizens (Key Issues)
1. There is no uniform age criteria of 60 years for Senior Citizens for being eligible for all concessions.
2. Senior citizens are not digital friendly; many of them don’t know how to use phone and computer.
3. Many children don’t care for their old parents.
4. There are no ‘social security schemes’ for senior citizens in India.
5. Medical facilities aren’t being provided to the senior citizens at affordable cost.
6. Income tax exemption is very low for senior citizens.
7. Interest on FDs for senior citizens is low.
8. Senior citizens don’t have general insurance policies at affordable cost.
9. There aren’t enough foot over bridges, elevators or zebra crossings to enable senior citizens cross busy roads.
10. Private companies do not provide pension facility to their retired employees.
11. Present medical insurance system for senior citizens is very complicated.
12. Robbery and murder cases are increasing against elderly citizens.
13. In metro cities, senior citizens do not have enough parks and open grounds to walk.
14. There is lack of well-equipped old age homes at affordable price.
15. Nuclear family system has no place for senior citizens. more