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CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
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VISION:
To provide accessible, affordable, and high-quality long-term,
comprehensive and dedicated care services to an Ageing population;
To build a framework to create an enabling environment for "a Society
for all Ages";
To promote the concept of Active and Healthy Ageing;
Convergence with National Rural Health Mission, AYUSH and other line
departments like Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
OBJECTIVES:
To provide comprehensive health care to the elderly by preventive,
curative and rehabilitative services.
Train health professionals in geriatrics, including supportive care and
rehabilitation.
Develop scientific solutions to specific elderly health problems by
research into geriatrics and gerontology.
NPHCE: CORE STRATEGIES
GERIATRIC CLINIC ON
CHC/PHC FIXED DAYS
HOME BASED
SUB-CENTRE CARE
COVERAGE DURING 11TH FIVE YEAR PLAN
SUB CENTRE:
First Referral Unit (FRU) for the Elderly from PHCs and below.
Geriatric Clinic - twice a week.
Rehabilitation Unit for physiotherapy and counselling
Domiciliary visits by the rehabilitation worker for bed ridden
elderly and counselling of the family members on their home-
based care.
Health promotion and prevention
Referral of difficult cases to District Hospital/higher health care
facility
DISTRICT HOSPITALS:
National Program for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE) : Towards active and healthy
ageing. Operational Guidelines. Director General of Health Services, MOHFW, Government
of India.
Situation Analysis of The Elderly In India, June 2011. Central Statistics Office, Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India
Rajan SI. Population ageing and health in India. The Centre for Enquiry into Health and
Allied Themes (CEHAT), Mumbai. July 2006.
National Policy on Older Persons (1999). Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Government of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.
Morbidity, Health care and the Condition of the aged. NSSO (64th round)Jan-June 2004,
National Sample Survey Organization, Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation, Government of India, March 2006.
Two years (2009-2011) Achievements and New Initiatives. NRHM, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, Government of India.
Ingle GK, Nath A. Geriatric Health in India: Concerns and Solutions. Indian J Comm Med,
2008; 33 (4); 214-18.
Prevention & Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): Proposal for the 12th Plan,
Report of the Working Group on Disease Burden: Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs),
Director General of Health Services, MOHFW, Government of India.
Planning Commission. 11th five year plan (Draft), Government of India; Accessed on
27/02/2012 at URL:http://www.planningcommission.nic.in
Title of the Scheme National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE)
Brief Description Division Non-Communicable Division
Beneficiaries & Eligibility
Criteria All elderly (60
Years)
Funding Pattern of Scheme The Centre will bear 75% of the total budget and the State Government
will contribute 25% of the budget, for activities up to district level.
Keeping in view the National Policy on Older Persons as well as the states obligation under
recommendations made in the the Maintenance & Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act 2007,
The MoHFW launched the NPHCE during the year 2010-11, in the
11thplan period, to address various health related problems of elderly
people.
Types of Benefits Free, Specialized health care facilities exclusively for the elderly people
through the State health delivery system.
How to Avail Benefits The State Government/Union Territory should furnish programme
Implementation plan in the prescribed format to avail the facility for
implementation of the programme as per the guidelines and terms and
conditions.