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Mobile Healthcare
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HelpAge India’s Mobile Healthcare program seeks to provide sustainable healthcare solutions to destitute elders and their community where these are none available through its Mobile Healthcare Units (MHUs). Each MHU has a doctor, pharmacist and a social worker. These MHUs go into the interiors of urban slums and villages, bringing healthcare virtually at the doorsteps of these destitute elders. For most elders it saves them from the long lines at hospitals which are also situated far from their communities and they get free medication on a monthly basis. Their Individual patient card keeps a record of their treatment and helps monitor their progress.
These MHUs often conduct specialized health camps on various diseases and free health check-ups are conducted. The MHUs have also become awareness generating sites, with the social worker empowering the disadvantaged elder with information on various diseases, along with educating them on the various preventive measures that can be taken to prevent the onset of any deadly disease. HelpAge’s MHU service has been recognized as Asia’s largest mobile healthcare network for elders. Currently, 152 MHUs are servicing 1920 community locations, spread over 22 states, and have provided 3 million treatments.
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To provide primary healthcare for poor and needy older people and the communities they live in, with the objective of improved health status.
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Achievement of MHU/SHU projects for 2021-22
No. of MHU/SHU projects operated 179
No. treatments 27,17,980
No. of Beneficiary 4,72,644
No. of General Health Camps conducted 2,119
No. of Beneficiary reached through general Health Camps 1,23,641
No. of Specialist Health Camps conducted 135
No. of Beneficiary reached through specialist Health Camps 20,208
No. of Health Awareness programs conducted 8,738
No. of people reached through health awareness programs 2,59,590
No. of home visits done 4,128
No. of patients referred for specialist/diagnostic services 5,145
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•To ease the difficulties that occur in getting primary Healthcare for elder people and their communities
•To provide medical consultation to around 25,000 people in a year
•To increase awareness among the community, especially among the elder people, caregivers and youth, on COVID-19, Rights of the Elderly People , Govt. Schemes, and Preventive Healthcare
•To facilitate counselling session to alleviate stress and improve mental wellbeing of patients
•To provide affordable treatment for chronic diseases
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Helpline
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To address the various issues of the elderly and give them an avenue to express their concerns and get it resolved; HelpAge India started a 24 x 7 toll-free Elderly Helpline in the year 2004. Since then HelpAge has been able to establish a total of 17 Helpline in 15 states (in respective state capitals). At an average elder helpline receives 30,000 calls / annum and has been able to successfully resolve 85% of the calls received.
Through the various calls, HelpAge has been able to provide information on elderly needs/services, link them to appropriate agencies and provide support for legal /psychological counselling wherever required. The HelpAge Helpline has also been able to make number of rescues till date of elderly faced with cases of abuse, destitution and rehabilitating missing elderly suffering from Dementia or other conditions resulting in memory loss. The Helpline has also worked as a vital link for linking elderly to engagement/volunteering opportunities and also trains them on digital literacy (usage of smartphones & computers). Through its Helpline, HelpAge has bene able to form SCA and through this forum spread sensitisation to other age groups on elderly needs and requirements. It also spreads awareness on elderly issues amongst school & college going. children through its’ SAVE (School Advocacy for Value Education) and HUG (Help Unite Generation) programs.
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•To address the various issues of elderly in the country and give them an avenue to express their concerns and get it resolved.
•To offer assistance and support in the event of elder abuse
•To provide support for legal /psychological counselling wherever required
•To develop referral services and link the elderly with various government schemes
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Total No. of Calls received 47600 (2019-20) & 46006 (2020-21)
Total No. of Rescued 1360 (2019-20) & 740 (2020-21)
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•To ensure that the elderly lives dignified life during their twilight years
•To educate senior citizens about their rights and entitlements
•To eradicate elder abuse from the society
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Livelihood
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The concept of Elderly Livelihoods, has been engaged with Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Social Justice of Government of India, which have acknowledged the HelpAge India demonstrated model encompassing multiple touch points - Social Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Health Inclusion and more recently digital inclusions.
The HelpAge India Model of Livelihoods is not an Income Generation Project providing Assets for increased incomes. It bases itself upon the existing spiritual Capital of the Elderly to facilitate a community led upgradation of the Social, Human and Financial Capitals .
The Livelihood programme is a Long-term, Process Intensive, Linear processes with an intervention period typically extending to 3-5 years and envision four inclusions namely - Social inclusion, Financial inclusion, Health inclusion and Accessing due Rights & Entitlements. We have also embarked on a pilot for Digital Inclusion, a need of the hour.
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Every individual Elderly Poor is able to have access to a portfolio of decent age appropriate livelihoods and has due Rights and Entitlements to live in Dignity
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Currently 4474 Elder Self-Help Groups (ESHGs) and higher-order Federations of the elderly are being directly supported and developed to act as a support structure and informed movement of older people in 12 states, with specific priority to remote areas (Backward Regions) currently called Aspirational Districts. The Cumulative Saving of the Current batch of Elders Self Help Groups is INR 5.22 Crores with a cumulative financial portfolio of INR 13.64 Crore.
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Promotion of Self-Reliance and Socio-Economic participation of Poor Rural Elderly
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