Who is legally responsible for elderly parents in India?

Maintenance Officer can represent a parent or senior citizen if he/she wants. State Government may establish and maintain sufficient senior citizen homes for indigent or abandoned and neglected (by their kith and kin) beginning with one in each district sufficient to house 150 elderly.

Can a daughter be asked to maintain her father?

[337C] 1.2 Section 125(1)(d) of the Code (a new provision) has imposed a liability on both the son and the daughter to maintain their father or mother who is unable to maintain himself or herself. There can be no doubt that it is the moral obligation of a son or a daughter to maintain his or her 332 parents.

What do you do when you can’t take care of your parents anymore?

Aging Parents Refusing Help: How to Respond

1. Evaluate Your Parent’s Situation. Before anything, take a look at your parent’s living conditions, activities, and mental health.
2. Focus On The Positives.
3. Make It About You.
4. Enlist Experts (If You Have To)
5. Give Options.
6. Start Small.

Where does India rank in the global ranking of elderly care?

Here’s some interesting data in this area. In the Global Age Watch Index 2014, India ranks 71st out of 96 countries on elderly (60 years plus) care. We have the second highest population of elderly people in the world, projected to rise to 12\% of the total population by 2020.

How much does it cost to care for the elderly in India?

The arrangement involves the elderly staying permanently at a residential facility for a monthly charge that can range from Rs 4000 to Rs 30,000 and several lakh of rupees as deposits. Waiting lists for the more affordable rooms and the free homes (only a few hundred at last count in the whole country) run into hundreds.

What percentage of India’s population is older?

1Today older people consist approx. 9\% of total Indian population and it is projected to reach over 20\% by 2050. The population dynamics fueling India’s growth and changing age structure are rooted in the combined impact of increasing life expectancy and declining fertility.

Who is a senior citizen in India?

The ‘elderly’ or ‘senior citizen’ is a person aged 60 and above according to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and National Policy for Older Persons 1999. As the roots of joint family system are eroding in India, the elderly are more vulnerable now.