Healthy Ageing

Healthy Ageing

Supporting the elderly to live a dignified and healthy life.

Ageing & its own challenges:

A person significantly contributes towards one’s family, community and the nation in his productive years. Ageing is a natural phenomenon and can decrease one’s productivity and increase the need for care and support.

These needs are to be supported by one’s family and the society.

However many times, these are not understood and therefore are ignored in certain groups and section of our population, especially in vulnerable and marginalized populations

Ambojwadi our focus area …

Ambojwadi is a slum settlement in Malwani area of Mumbai.
- The elderly people living in this area have physical, emotional and social needs which are not accessible to them because of their economic situation, inadequate or unavailable support systems.
- They are affected by various health conditions which increases their dependency, restricts their mobility and normal day to day functioning.
- Such a condition renders them more vulnerable.

Project Rationale:

NSVK, has been consistently working with the people of Ambojwadi since the last 25 years for their social, health and economic empowerment through different projects.

These close encounters and first hand experiences have helped our team of social workers to appreciate the state of vulnerability of elderly in this area.

Furthermore, NSVK team conducted a survey in Ambojwadi in order to develop an in depth understanding of the issues and the needs of the elderly in that area.

Working Area….

- Ambojwadi, Malwani, Malad (W)
- Total Population: 30000
- Elderly Population :1000
- Inhabitants from: Maharashtra, UP, Bihar etc
- Language: Hindi, Marathi

Issues faced:

Major problems of elderly are related to: Health, Family and Socioeconomic.

Goal:

To ensure a dignified and healthy life for the elders in Ambojwadi.

Objective:

To increase the quality of life of elderly in Ambojwadi physically and emotionally and to ensure their independent functioning in everyday life.

• Target Population

  • - Number of beneficiaries targeted: 1000
    - Direct beneficiaries (Elderly-1000)
    - Indirect beneficiaries (Elderly Family Members -5000)

• Beneficiary Selection Criteria

  • - Living alone
    - Suffering more than one or two disease
    - Dependent on family members
    - Not able to carry out day-to-day activities by self

NSVK will provide:

Outcome:

- Improvement in the quality of physical and emotional life of the elderly
- Good relations with other family members, Inclusion of elderly in the family
- Create various platform for social participation of the elderly
- Access to the earning source