Welcome to Geriatric Society Of India

My Dear Colleagues,

The Current Five Year Plan has a befitting budget for elderly care. It appears that the government is serious about the health of senior citizens. In the last five year plan in which 10 medical colleges were to get a department of Geriatrics, the DGHS played its role well, sent teams to work out the details but because of the red tapism at the state levels, things did not materialize till the end of financial year.

This time again the DGHS has identified colleges and is seriously trying to finance as well as give technical support for the development / upgradation of Geriatric units / departments. The two institutes of ageing also could not take off in the last five year plan but there is a ray of hope this time.

The private sector is gearing up faster. The doctors who undertook PGDM course by IGNOU, Geriatric course by IMA AKN Sinha Institute & members of Geriatric Society of India are setting up Geriatric services. The out reach to the elderly staying in old age homes & in the community is also increasing. Some of the setups in private sector or by trusts in form of adopting elderly care are praise worth, and most of it is at a nominal cost. The services of a doctor, a nurse, an ambulance and coordination with tertiary care centers / specialists are being managed professionally. Truly the care of elderly can be achieved only by public private partnership & by amalgamation of all the prevalent systems of medical therapy in the country.

Let us plan Geriatric information units by GSI where the members of GSI may give the advice not only regarding medical care but also about the socio-economic aspects about which there are always queries. I humbly request for your feedback.

Long live GSI.