Senior citizens group calls for action against rising elder abuse cases

Members of the Senior Citizens Welfare Association expressed interest implicit the rising cases of maltreatment against elder citizens and retired employees. They appealed to the officials of the Disabled Welfare, Women Development and Child Welfare, Revenue, and Police Departments to instrumentality measures to forestall maltreatment of elder citizens.

“We planned consciousness programmes connected June 15 (Monday) crossed NTR and Krishna districts successful observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, aimed astatine identifying and addressing the issues and mistreatment of elder citizens,” said Motukuri Venkateswara Rao, a subordinate of the Senior Citizens Welfare Association State Council.

Elders are already suffering from assorted wellness issues, on with loneliness, arsenic their children are surviving acold away. Criminals and cyber offenders are targeting elder citizens who are surviving alone, said Mr. Venkateswara Rao.

“As determination are nary associated families, intelligence accent among children, occupation losses, fiscal problems, flat civilization successful cities, and disputes among couples, parents, and grandparents are being neglected and abused,” said Mr. Venkateswara Rao, who is besides the Secretary of the NTR District Senior Citizens Welfare Association.

Speaking to The Hindu on Sunday (June 14, 2026), Krishna District Collector D.K. Balaji said that enactment would beryllium taken against those who ill-treat oregon neglect parents. Victims tin attack the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) acrophobic and the serviceman tin bid for fiscal enactment to the parents nether Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.

“Parents are requested to springiness their properties to children arsenic acquisition deed only, and they volition person the close to instrumentality backmost if necessary. We are besides observing the concern successful the homes meant for elder citizens,” said Mr. Balaji.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) K.G.V. Saritha of NTR Commissionerate asked the children to behaviour antecedent verification, earlier appointing caretakers and home helps for their parents.

“The information agencies should proviso caretakers lone aft taking up antecedent verification and checking the pre-history of the persons to forestall maltreatment of elder citizens,” Ms. Saritha said.

“We petition the officers to respond to the grievances of elder citizens who person submitted petitions regarding harassment successful the Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS),” Mr. Venkateswara Rao said.