HelpAge India

HelpAge India is leading charity in India working with for disadvantaged elderly for nearly 4 decades. It works hand in hand with seniour citizens association help senior citizens, understanding elder needs working with and for them. Visit- www.helpageindia.org 

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SAVE is the School Action for Value Education program, with three core tenets: Inculcating values of care & respect for the elderly in school going children, preparing today’s children & youth for their old age and creating an age friendly society.

The school value education program is now carried forward to the young college going and working adult through the HUG program, HUG stands for Help Unite Generations, aiming to creating empathy among young adults towards the older generation.

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Top 5 Gift Ideas to Give to Senior Citizens

A gift hampers tied with a beautiful ribbon and packed with genuine emotions coupled with the joy of giving always brings a smile to the face of its receiver. But when the receivers are senior citi…

When the receivers are senior citizens, then the choice of gifts becomes more confusing, especially for younger people. This is because the taste, priorities, and choices of the gifts for elders differ greatly from younger people.

Here, HelpAge India suggests some gifting ideas for senior citizens that can surely echo with their needs and happiness.

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4 Best Jobs for Elders Post Retirement

This job role offers senior citizens a perfect work-life balance that helps them to continue working and also spare time for themselves. Companies hire consultants to help them with specific issues and for that, they lookout for specific expertise and years of experience. Seniors make the perfect match for this requirement. Therefore, being a consultant helps you to work part-time for the companies offering you great flexibility and independence.

This changing mindset and trend can motivate seniors to continue being self-sufficient, and help the aged to keep themselves motivated and stay socially connected.

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As India tries to stay afloat amidst the ‘second wave’ of the pandemic, our poor and vulnerable elderly face the highest risk.

HelpAge India is working across the nation, to assist and support local administrations in facilitating the government’s vaccination drive and providing relief and ration to disadvantaged elders and their communities through its various program interventions. Based on the need assessment on-ground, read below are some of HelpAge India’s interventions. The need on-ground is immense. Your contribution can help an elder survive and bring hope during this uncertain time. Donate Now!

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Relaxation Techniques for Older Adults

The old-age care regime should always be holistic that helps you to attain physical fitness and a sense of mental peace. Relaxation of the ...

Older adults usually suffer from social isolation and loneliness that impair their mental and emotional health. Overthinking in old age paves the way to anxiety and depression. Unwinding the stress helps older adults to resonate with harmony and also eliminate the ill effects of chronic stress that includes chronic headaches, migraine, arthritis, nausea, mood swings, and other physical and mental discomforts. Therefore, practicing relaxation techniques is an indispensable part of elder healthcare that help the aged to create an ambience of positivity around them.

HelpAge India suggests few relaxation techniques that will be beneficial for older adults. Read here for more.

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4 Exercises that Seniors Should Avoid

A disciplined exercise regimen is, no doubt, indispensable for elder healthcare . Seniors should do regular exercise coupled with a health...

Exercising for seniors is very important to stay healthy, fit, and active. But not all the exercises are suitable for the aged body as physical strength, bone strength, and tissue strength for seniors differ a lot from younger adults. Therefore, seniors should always exercise according to their capacity and strength and avoid workouts that are not ideal for elderly healthcare.

HelpAge India chalked out the 4 exercises that seniors (especially over the age of 65) should avoid. Read here.

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Making memories is the beautiful part of life that helps us to cherish our once spent beautiful moments again and again especially in our old age. But nowadays memory loss in older adults is becoming a common issue and it becomes more worrying as the continuous decline in memory can lead to…

Having a good and sharp memory in older age is indispensable because it helps you to retain your life earned knowledge and experience and also help learn the new ways of life to match the pace of the evolving world.

  HelpAge India suggested you 4 tips that will help the aged to sharpen their memory and prevent memory loss. 

Read here.

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Tips to Protect Elders from Contracting COVID-19

The second wave of COVID-19 has already marked its presence in every corner of the country. This wave has proved to be more dangerous than...

Prevention is always better than cure and when it comes to COVID-19 the precautions are not only better but indispensable. The best way to handle COVID-19 is to avoid contracting the virus in the first place. Therefore, HelpAge India suggests some of the tips that can help the aged to protect themselves from contracting coronavirus. Read here for more.

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Exercising is an essential part of elderly healthcare and plays a pivotal part in maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle in old age…

HelpAge India lists the 4 best exercises that underline the care for older people and help them to resonate with the tunes of fitness. But before initiating an exercise regimen, it is important to check with a physician to ensure you are healthy enough for exercise and to see if the below-mentioned exercises are ideal for your current fitness level or not.

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5 tips to age beautifully- HelpAge India

Ageing is a beautiful and glorious thing. Your wisdom is brushed up with versatile experiences of life and now you sit back and enjoy the hu...

Beauty is more glittering with grey hairs and that is why you should do everything required to age beautifully. The beauty regime for elder seniors is equally important as elderly healthcare. Thus, you need to follow some tips and advice that will help you to age gracefully. HelpAge India suggests few tips that will help you to age beautifully. Read Here:-

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The world of social media is no more alienated from the eyeballs of older adults. The use of social media platforms is significantly increasing among the seniors who are using it for various purpos…

Social media helps the aged to raise a voice for their rights and spread awareness among the senior community. HelpAge India suggests that we should help the seniors around us to use social media in a learned manner and educate them to connect safely and securely. HelpAge India believes that social media is a very important element that helps to bridge the gap between the older and younger generation.

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As India fights the ‘second wave’ of Covid 19, our poor and vulnerable elderly face the highest risk. Countless disadvantaged elders have already lost their livelihoods, are starving and have been rendered penniless. Many are physically frail with chronic conditions, living alone and have no one to turn to. Your contribution can help an elder survive and bring hope during this uncertain time.

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How to donate without money in old age homes

' The joy of giving is the joy that is synonymous with the real happiness of life. Donations and charity help you to collect the ingredien...

Money is not the essential element for doing charity and making online donations in India to Old age homes. All you need to have is the noble mindset and zest to help the elderly. The above-mentioned ways will help you to give it back to society and donate without money in old age homes. Your kindness will pave the way to a kinder society.

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Empowering Elder Lives – AdvantAge Program

The AdvantAge Program aims to empower senior citizens in living active and healthy lives. It gives elders two powerful tools to achieve this: the AdvantAge Card & the AdvantAge Active Ageing Group.

AdvantAge Program aims to empowering the elderly in living active and healthy lives. With the aim to ensure that the senior citizens remain active & healthy during their later years, HelpAge India encourages them to form Active Ageing groups.

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Volunteering for Senior Citizens provides you with valuable experiences in all aspects of life. It broadens your perspective on life, strengthens your interpersonal skills, helps you cultivate new bonds, and gives you an opportunity to do something meaningful for yourself and for society. HelpAge India suggests you to join hands to help senior citizens and add joy and happiness in their lives.

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Love traits to learn from Happy Older Couples

There are a lot of things to learn from elder seniors who have seen life and have passed every phase with a smile. Their advice and lifest...

There is no doubt that the love traits, which make seniors happy older couples, are developed with time and experience. But the younger generation should try to learn from them so that they can cultivate such love traits within themselves. Also, young people should come forward to help the aged by volunteering for the old age homes in India.

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Senior Careers: The new beginnings

Passion has no age and experimentation has no boundaries. Life after retirement may mark the end of one phase of your life but it also embarks on the journey of another phase because every end comes with a hope of a new beginning.

In today’s era, seniors are bestowed with several ways to hold their passion into a promising career after retirement. Opportunities for senior careers are much more than before because employers nowadays understand the value of experienced seniors and want to add value to their organizations with this pool of expertise. Moreover, seniors can also use their skills for the betterment of society by volunteering and resonate their happiness with the joy of giving.

HelpAge India suggests some of the senior careers that can help you to craft a path for the new beginning. These are underlined below:

Start a Business:

You can use your skills and experiences for crafting out a business plan from rough ideas and then bringing it into the application. The time after retirement is very good for launching new ventures and commencing new projects, not only because you have ample time at your disposal but also it keeps you motivated and busy. There are many exciting business options that will help you to remain busy and enjoy the hues of your old age. For example, the most doable and easiest option could be offering a traditional homestay to people. This will help you to interact with people from versatile backgrounds and get yourself acquainted with colourful cultures from different corners of the world. You can also open PG or set up some small project that resonates with your passion. The presence of the internet opens a lot more options for online businesses with less overhead costs. In addition, the internet can also help you take your business to a larger chunk of people.

Teaching:

The knowledge that is passed on is valuable and experience that is shared is cherished. Seniors can help the younger generation to interpret the purpose of life by spending more time with them. Teaching can be a very good career option for you as it will help you to stay connected with your creativity and enhances your skills too. You can either opt to be a full-time teacher or maybe doing it occasionally for your satisfaction. There are many universities, colleges, and schools that schedule guest speakers and lecturers. You can also be a tutor and can teach students from your home. It will bless you with a good social circle to spend time with. Many ed-tech companies are leveraging the services of seniors for their online classes. Thus, you can teach students online as well and keep yourself busy. This career option will keep your learning process consistent.

Volunteering:

After retirement, many seniors want to work only for self-fulfillment and not for any compensation. Volunteering can be the best career option for all those seniors. You can volunteer for NGO and work for the upliftment of the underprivileged sections of society. There are many diverse options like you can teach students for free, work for women empowerment, join hands to save the planet, rescuing animals and even better you can give your contribution in senior care services. You can also educate the people of your age-group about the elder laws in India and play your part in forming an aware society.

Working with Former Organization:

Many organizations look forward to working with seniors even after retirement because of their experience and knowledge. Seniors have spent a good deal of time in the organization than younger employees and understand all the shades of work very aptly. This gives them specialization that becomes pivotal for the growth of an organization. Therefore, seniors can opt to work with their former employers as it doesn’t make them feel alienated from the place and they get a chance to reconnect with their friendly colleagues in a familiar environment. Moreover, seniors can join the organization after retirement as part-time employment that gives them a more flexible schedule.