1. HelpAge India
http://www.helpageindia.org HelpAge India
messageheadoffice@helpageindia.org C-14, Qutab Institutional Area
Toll Free Elder Help Line: 1800-180-1253 New Delhi - 110016
Isolation - Suffered by Most of the Elderly
Their eyes shed tears that speak of their isolation. Their tired faces gaze at you
weakly. Their figures lie curled in fetal positions. They appear lifeless and dusty as
cast away old furniture. They are the people who are abandoned and deceived in
their most helpless years. On their own and unaided, they appear beyond nursing
any hope. These are those who because of their old age have been abandoned by
their children in "homes" to waste away and die lonely and broken hearted.
Faced with these situations, the first question that comes to mind is: do these
fathers and mothers, who gave life, and nurtured their children with affection,
devoted their young years to nourish, teach, to meet every child’s demands, now
deserve to be deserted like these? Shouldn’t they expect a little care and attention
from their own families in return? A visit to a home for the elderly arouses these
feelings, and leads us to question ourselves and the society we live in. At the
same, it leaves us wondering if the same fate awaits us when we reach our own
old age.

2. HelpAge India
http://www.helpageindia.org HelpAge India
messageheadoffice@helpageindia.org C-14, Qutab Institutional Area
Toll Free Elder Help Line: 1800-180-1253 New Delhi - 110016
Every NGO in India or every charity in India that works to help senior citizens live
their life happily in their autumn years, offer the program to sponsor
grandparents. You can and should to whatever extent you can, donate to fund
activities that help these social work organizations to enable an elder live his
remaining years with his needs of healthcare, food, shelter and social interaction
taken care of. So step forward and bring along others too to make our poor or
underprivileged, lonely elderly smile and once again find a happy reason to live!