World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15th

The United Nations declared June 15th of every year to observed as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day as Elder abuse is a worldwide phenomena. As the elders  are subjected to abuse, Rejection, during the old age the united nations announced financial exploitation as this year’s theme as based on available evidence globally about 5 To 10% of the elderly people experience financial exploitation during their old age by their own kith and kin however in most of the cases such exploitation goes unreported and unnoticed partly due to  shame, and embarrassment on part of the victims or their inability to report  because of cognitive impairments attributes the UN Statement for this alarming problem.

In the twin cities the Heritage foundation, Ananya, and Start Up Hydereabad organized lectures to address the participants to sensitize them on the need to respect our senior citizens. Street  Theatre, Cycling, clay Ganesha, Hobby workshops, Street meditation are some of the activities through which these groups are trying to educate the general public and garner support to respect our elderly citizens. Senior Advocate Nageswara Rao opines that the law is in favor of the senior citizens when sent to old age homes or abused they can sue their children under section 125 of the Crpc Act. And then the law will enforce the children to take care of their parents failing to do so they can even be imprisoned. It is indeed time where everyone has to introspect that old age is not a curse but a stage of life which everyone of us have to inevitably experience and as the saying goes  As You Sow so You Reap which means to say if you neglect your elders your future generation might present you the same experience  during your old age. Let us take a pledge to respect our elders every day.