Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Republic of India

07/26/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/26/2022 05:22

Elder Care Facilities

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Elder Care Facilities

Posted On: 26 JUL 2022 4:44PM by PIB Delhi

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) under which grant in aid is provided to implementing agencies (IAs) like NGOs/ Voluntary Organisations for running and maintenance of Senior Citizen Homes (Old Age Homes), Continuous Care Homes, etc. for providing free of cost shelter, nutrition, medicare and entertainment to indigent senior citizens. Under IPSrC minimum standards have been incorporated to be followed in the senior citizen homes. To improve monitoring of these homes, Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) has been set up and CCTV cameras have been made mandatory in the premises of these homes. The Scheme of IPSrC has provision of doctors, nurses, yoga therapist, and first aid kits in these homes. Details of State/UT wise projects under IPSrC are at Annexure-I.

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is also implementing a Scheme namely Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) under which assistive devices are provided free of cost to senior citizens suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities. Earlier only BPL senior citizens were eligible for benefits under RVY. The criteria has been widened to include those senior citizens whose monthly income is less than Rs 15,000/-. Details of State/ UT wise distribution camps held are at Annexure-II.

Under "National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly" of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare funds are sanctioned, as the State proposals, for the following:-

  1. Development of minimum 10 bedded geriatric ward (both male and female) in each District Hospital (DH) through new construction/ extension/ renovation,
  2. Out Patient Department (OPD) set-up at District Hospital (DH), Community Health Centre (CHC), Primary Health Centre (PHC),
  3. Equipment for OPD, ward, physiotherapy units/ services at DH and CHC,
  4. In Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) at 19 Medical Colleges funds sanctioned for infrastructure development of minimum 30 bedded ward, speciality OPD and physiotherapy unit,
  5. In the two National Centres for Ageing (NCA) at Madras Medical College, Chennai and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi funds sanctioned for development of minimum 200 bedded ward, speciality clinics, physiotherapy unit, diagnostics, etc.
  6. Modules alongwith facilitator guides developed for 'comprehensive geriatric assessment and care delivery' for 3 cadres - Medical Officers (MO), staff nurses and community based workers of DHs and CHCs. State level training of trainers conducted to develop master trainers for below district trainings.
  7. Under Ayushman Bharat Health Welfare Centres (HWC) 5 sets of modules developed for geriatric care training of Medical Officers (MO), Staff Nurse, ASHA, ANM etc. At PHCs and HWCs National and State level Training of Trainers conducted.
  8. Orientation trainings of State and District level functionaries of all Non Communicable Disease (NCD) programmes to sensitize them about NPHCE and geriatric issues.

State/UT wise details of DHs, PHCs, CHCs, Regional Medical Colleges etc are at Annexure-III.

Annexure-I

State/UT-wise projects under IPSrC

Sl. No.

State/ UT

No.of Projects

1

Andhra Pradesh

70

2

Gujarat

8

3

Kerala

3

4

Bihar

1

5

Haryana

13

6

Maharashtra

41

7

Odisha

83

8

Uttarakhand

1

9

Chhattisgarh

3

10

Himachal Pradesh

1

11

Jharkhand

2

12

Manipur

32

13

Puducherry

2

14

Punjab

2

15

Rajasthan

12

16

Telangana

21

17

Tripura

2

18

Goa

2

19

Karnataka

38

20

Madhya Pradesh

13

21

Meghalaya

2

22

Nagaland

2

23

Tamil Nadu

72

24

Arunachal Pradesh

1

25

Assam

39

26

Delhi

4

27

Mizoram

2

28

Uttar Pradesh

33

29

West Bengal

29

TOTAL

534

Annexure-II

Details of distribution camps under held under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana State/UT wise

TOTAL (from 2017-18 to 2022-23) as on 22.07.2022

S. No.

States/UTs

No. of Camps/ Districts

Total Beneficiaries

Total Appliances

Total Value of appliances (Rs. in lakh)

1

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1

342

672

21.18

2

Andhra Pradesh

8

7,404

18,383

399.52

3

Arunachal Pradesh

5

2,195

7,647

232.97

4

Assam

8

6198

24681

604.76

5

Bihar

12

7205

22181

505.43

6

Chhattisgarh

14

4644

15525

266.71

7

Dadara and Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu

2

341

1384

38.14

8

Delhi

7

3,451

8,517

189.26

9

Goa

2

2,407

5,115

100.53

10

Gujarat

5

5,582

12,479

271.24

11

Haryana

12

4848

19624

331.19

12

Himachal Pradesh

5

430

1,254

33.76

13

Jammu & Kashmir

3

369

931

22.86

14

Jharkhand

7

3197

11719

287.34

15

Karnataka

10

5977

12772

260.80

16

Kerala

8

4182

6394

151.69

17

Ladakh

-

-

-

-

18

Lakshadweep

1

528

1,365

29.58

19

Madhya Pradesh

21

19435

55689

1286.08

20

Maharashtra

13

68651

343428

6627.16

21

Manipur

6

4557

19723

694.26

22

Meghalaya

5

9,801

31,775

935.61

23

Mizoram

1

364

1209

35.90

24

Nagaland

4

2990

8991

175.53

25

Odisha

6

3,561

6323

194.53

26

Puducherry

2

1,529

2,290

22.61

27

Punjab

7

3160

8900

238.31

28

Rajasthan

9

14236

41286

876.93

29

Sikkim

3

2,618

8,838

241.33

30

Tamil Nadu

7

2,195

3873

86.26

31

Telangana

8

3859

10040

235.03

32

Tripura

5

6412

18185

411.38

33

Uttar Pradesh

31

43623

147673

3276.82

34

Uttarakhand

11

5395

16292

375.74

35

West Bengal

1

101

366

9.28

TOTAL

250

251787

895524

19469.72

Annexure-III

Details of District Hospitals, Physiotherapy Units, Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres

Sl. No.

Name of the States

DH sanctioned

10 bedded geriatric wards

Physio Unit

CHCs sanctioned

Biweekly OPD Clinic

Physio Unit

PHCs sanctioned

Weekly OPD Clinic Organized

1

Haryana

22

22

22

136

136

25

434

434

2

Himachal Pradesh

12

12

11

167

167

26

585

585

3

Punjab

22

22

22

152

152

0

427

427

4

Uttar Pradesh

75

45

44

822

128

37

3621

139

5

Uttarakhand

13

13

8

86

86

0

27

27

6

Bihar

38

38

6

0

0

0

0

0

7

Chhattishgarh

28

23

27

170

170

55

792

741

8

Jharkhand

24

12

12

81

21

0

149

29

9

Odisha

30

32

32

384

384

59

1323

1323

10

West Bengal

27

27

27

152

152

36

0

0

11

Goa

2

2

2

6

6

1

23

23

12

Gujarat

33

20

24

279

144

148

1110

394

13

Madhya Pradesh

51

51

51

334

0

0

1170

0

14

Maharashtra

36

21

21

455

393

28

1828

1453

15

Rajasthan

33

12

13

108

108

108

193

193

16

Andhra Pradesh

13

13

13

195

195

195

1145

1145

17

Karnataka

30

30

30

353

288

27

2329

1909

18

Kerala

14

14

14

227

227

227

839

839

19

Tamil Nadu

31

30

31

385

385

385

0

0

20

Telangana

30

8

8

101

82

1

887

887

21

Arunanchal Pradesh

25

20

20

0

0

0

0

0

22

Assam

33

21

14

198

157

0

997

541

23

Manipur

16

7

7

18

2

2

85

0

24

Meghalaya

11

8

8

28

28

0

114

114

25

Mizoram

9

9

9

0

0

0

0

0

26

Nagaland

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

27

Sikkim

4

4

4

2

2

1

24

24

28

Tripura

8

7

7

22

22

0

113

113

29

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

30

Chandigarh

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

31

D & NH

1

3

3

4

4

2

15

15

Daman & Diu

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

32

Delhi

11

11

11

0

0

0

260

260

33

J&K - Kashmir

10

1

1

7

7

0

73

0

33a

J&K - Jammu

10

3

6

5

5

2

17

4

34

Ladakh

2

2

2

7

3

3

32

16

35

Lakshadweep

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

36

Puducherry

4

4

4

4

4

4

39

39

Grand Total

725

547

514

4888

3458

1372

18651

11674

Details of Regional Geriatric Centres (RGC)

Sl.No

Name of RGC

Year of Sanction of RGC

OPD

Beds in wards

Physiotherapy units

Laboratory

1

Banaras Hindu University Varanasi

2010-11

1

30

1

1

2

Govt. Medical College Guwahati

2010-11

1

30

1

1

3

Govt. Medical College Trivandrum

2010-11

1

30

1

1

4

Sampurnanda Medical College, Jodhpur

2010-11

1

30

1

1

5

AIIMS, New Delhi

2010-11

1

24

1

1

6

Grant Govt. Medical College, Mumbai

2010-11

1

30

1

1

7

Madras Medical College, Chennai

2010-11

1

40

1

1

8

Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir

2010-11

1

10

1

1

9

Gandhi Medical College Bhopal

2015-16

1

0

0

0

10

King George's Medical University Lucknow

2015-16

1

0

1

1

11

Kolkata Medical College

2015-16

1

30

1

1

12

Nizam's Institue of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

2015-16

1

34

1

1

13

SCB Medical College, Cuttack

2016-17

1

30

0

0

14

Agartala Medical College

2016-17

1

15

1

1

15

Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute Bengaluru

2016-17

1

30

0

0

16

BJ Medical College Ahmedabad

2016-17

1

30

0

0

17

Patna Medical College

2016-17

0

0

0

0

18

Rajendar Institue of Medical Sciences Ranchi

2016-17

1

30

1

1

19

Rajendra Prasad Govt Medical College, Himahal Pradesh

2016-17

1

26

1

1

Total

18

449

14

14

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.

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