Senior Citizens Suffer in Silence in Goa
The Times of India
India
July 22, 2008
The recent case of a 75-year-old mother Navshe Sawals who was forced to live in a public pay toilet as her son allegedly abandoned her, has brought to the fore the problems and pain faced by senior citizens in society.
The woman was abandoned in the last week of June and was rescued in an unconscious condition from a sulabh toilet at Mala last Friday morning. The Panaji police have registered an offence under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 against her elder son. Even as a sizeable part of Goa's population (nearly a lakh persons) is pushing 60 and beyond, their wrinkles are being accompanied with a lot of pain.
They believe that there are many more Navshe Sawals, who suffer in silence as they are continuously exposed to emotional neglect and lack of physical and financial support. "The problem is that they don't want to complain against their children, fearing that they would be in trouble or would have to undergo tension and trouble because of their complaints. They also often don't complain due to threat perception or fear," said Akbar Abdul Mavany, caretaker, Forum for Senior Citizens of India.
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SOURCE: Times of India
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