Old Age Care

Amar Bari Senior Citizen Home under Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY): According to the law, a “senior citizen” means any person being a citizen of India, who has admitted the age of sixty years or above.  The one of the mission of Digambarpur Angikar is to ensure equitable treatment  to such sections of society which has suffered social inequalities, exploitation, discrimination and injustice. All the programs are meant to aid, prevent neglect, and exploitation and provide assistance to those deprived and mainstream them. In view of this, Digambarpur Angikar has been working with old aged women  since 2019 with integrated approach for their better life providing basic requirements along with shelter home other services of regular health checkup, recreations like taking part in singing, exercise & meditation, sharing stories exposure visit etc. through an Old Age Home where 25 women are staying as inmates.

Beside this running of Old aged home for women, Digambarpur Angikar continues outreach programs for the care and mental support to old aged people in operational communities in both  South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas diostricts, West Bengal. The main activities are home visits, meeting with other family members to take proper care to old aged persons, facilitate to linkages with government health department on better care care, providing nutritious foods, etc.