Cross-Cultural impact of old age pension on the livelihood chances of Geriatrics in Haryana
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2021-02
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CCSHAU, Hisar
Abstract
Aging is a natural process which worldwide affects all the human beings. The major events in
life of an individual includes birth, infancy, adolescence, adulthood and elderly, due to economic wellbeing
and better health care facilities, increase the life expectancy of human beings. Global estimates
indicate that geriatrics has been increasing steadily. The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension
System is a major source of income for the elderly. The present study focuses on awareness, utilization,
prevalence of abuses and impact of old age pension on the livelihood chances of geriatrics in the
districts Hisar and Nuh of Haryana State. Total of two hundred geriatrics (25 males and 25 females
from four villages) interviewed randomly. The results indicated that in both the districts, half of the
geriatrics (50.0%) were 65-70 years of age followed by 32.5 per cent geriatrics were 71-75 years of age
and were from backward class and illiterate. In Hisar, awareness was comparatively more than Nuh
about all these rights except right to equality, right to freedom of religion and senior citizen without
children can claim maintenance from adult relative who will inherit the property after their death. Cent
per cent geriatrics were aware and utilizing Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
(IGNOAPS) in both the districts followed by travel concession and National Programme for Health
Care of Elderly (NPHC). In Nuh, old age pension funds were mainly used for basic needs (WMS-2.98)
followed by family expenses while in Hisar, majority of the geriatrics used old age pension fund for
medicines (WMS-2.85) followed by travel.39.5% of the geriatrics suffered from financial abuses, 31.0
per cent geriatrics suffered from emotional abuses, 19.5 per cent geriatrics suffered from physical
abuses and all types of abuses (physical, emotional and sexual) were found more in female than male
except financial abuse and maximum abuses caused by daughter-in-laws. Due to post pension the
geriatrics got adequate quantity of different food groups with mean scores and standard deviation (30.7
±27.5 and 41.5±31.8), health facilities (42.5± 36.5 and 58.2±38.3), shelter/sanitation/ water facilities
(51.7 ±49.5 and 35.2±44.3), recreational facilities and other amenities with mean score and standard
deviation (15.0±17.9 and 24.1±11.8) and significant in both the districts while the geriatrics from Nuh
had inadequate quantity of clothes and non significant at 0.05% level of significance. The improved
quality index for Nuh was 41.0 per cent and for Hisar was 63.0 per cent hence the quality index of
geriatrics for Hisar was better than the Nuh In Nuh, maximum improvement was observed in mobility
domain (WMS-2.40) whereas in Hisar maximum improvement was observed in health and nutrition
domain (WMS-2.16). Among all the indicators, female geriatrics scored high for health (16.0±10.7)
whereas male geriatrics scored high for shelter/ sanitation/ water (17.2±14.9) in Nuh while in Hisar
also male geriatrics scored high for health (25.2±15.0) whereas female geriatrics scored high for
clothes (20.7±10.4).Majority of the geriatrics (95.0%) faced illiteracy in completing formalities to get
pension