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The elderly population in India is one of the fastest-growing in the world. At present India is considered as the second-largest global population of ageing citizens. It is expected that the present number will further increase by 2050. Nevertheless, India lacks the basic infrastructure and expertise to support the health and welfare of the elderly.

According to various surveys across the country for most Indian senior citizens the biggest concerns that are prevailing are Healthcare costs, lack of financial support and seclusion. In addition to this most of the aged people are not accorded the dignity of care they deserve. So caretaker for elderly is utmost important nowadays.

Lack of physical infrastructure forms the major deterrent to providing comfort to the aged. There are just a few purpose-built care homes or public ramps that available for older citizens who are unable to move, like those who need wheelchair access. Presently, with increasing longevity and debilitating chronic diseases, many of the elder citizens will need better access to physical infrastructure in the coming years. This scenario is applicable in both their own homes and in public spaces, like roads and malls.

Furthermore, there is little public or private financial support for the elderly. Various research shows that the majority of the Indians who are working only a few of them are eligible for the pension. Generally, senior health insurance has very low penetration and has extremely poor pay-out history. Nevertheless, health costs keep rising in old age.

The emergency response infrastructure for senior citizens is quite ill-developed in India, including the availability of public ambulances for hospitalization. One of the major fears for most senior citizens living alone is how to go about accessing an emergency facility if required, especially at night. With more elderly care services available now, it is somewhat making their life easier.

Most senior citizens who probably live alone suffer due to lack of companionship sometimes exacerbated by lack of mobility due to ill health. Loneliness and isolation are definitely a major concern among elderly Indians who are above the age of 60. Isolation basically can result in gradual depression and other mental disorders in the elderly. When you try to develop a strong bond with older parents and involve them in your life it could be quite beneficial for all.

• It is soon that India’s demographic dividend of being a ‘young’ country will turn into a demographic nightmare if the infrastructure and services are not developed fast enough for our elderly. Elderly care services will play an increasingly important role in bridging the massive gap between the investments and expertise needed and what is available from public and NGO sources.
• Considering all the above problems were are designing this Golden Ager website.
• There are five different users in our website (Senior Citizen, Volunteer, Family member, Doctor and Donor ).
• Right after opening our website you will see our landing page. Now donor can donate money or any of the senior citizen requirements.
• If you are willing to join as a volunteer, you can register in our website directly and now the selected volunteers have the permission to register senior citizen corresponding family member and a doctor.
• After valid credentials users have the access to their respective dashboards.

There will be some activities in donor dashboard like Donate Money , Donate Requirements...

Donor will be asked some information about the donation and after successful submission of the form one of our volunteers will contact them.

Donor can donate his money to the Golden Ager organization and this donated amount will be used for financial needs of senior citizen and to support our volunteer for their service.

Senior Citizen can request any financial help, any emergency help, book an medical appointment directly. If feeling any lonliness the fa,mily members will be notified.

Volunteer has the permission to register senior citizen corresponding family member and a doctor and requests sent from the senior citizen will be displayed in the volunteer dashboard. If the request is regarding any financial purpose, volunteer will send the respective details to our team and the request will be processed accordingly.

Family member can track the health status of the senior citizen regularly.

Doctor will receive medical requests and track the status of corresponding senior citizen and have a seperate tab to track critical senior citizens.

Here is the drive folder link where you can find our demo video. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P9xlXpsoUYWqymkaZprkw96IinL5hBlY?usp=sharing