"The state of hospitals and clinics across the country is not standardized.
While in urban India with the right kind of resources an elderly person can get good healthcare facilities the same is not the case for a majority of the population as the infrastructure and sensitivity towards older persons is lacking on the medical front.
Coupled with the already existing medical issues for older persons, lack of infrastructure and sensitization of hospital staff and clinics towards the elderly."....
While in urban India with the right kind of resources an elderly person can get good healthcare facilities the same is not the case for a majority of the population as the infrastructure and sensitivity towards older persons is lacking on the medical front.
Coupled with the already existing medical issues for older persons, lack of infrastructure and sensitization of hospital staff and clinics towards the elderly."....
Source: "STUDY ON PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS"
Agewell Foundation Research and Advocacy Centre.
(In Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC at United Nations since 2011)
Link to Pdf and english version: http://www.agewellfoundation.org/perceptions_towards_older_Persons_July_2013.pdf
(In Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC at United Nations since 2011)
Link to Pdf and english version: http://www.agewellfoundation.org/perceptions_towards_older_Persons_July_2013.pdf
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