Evaluation Report on Project STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING OLD AGE HOMES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 3 MORE HOMES IN PUNJAB DIRECTORATE GENERAL MONITORING & EVALUATION PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB December‚ 2012 P&D Department‚ 4Civil Secretariat‚ Lahore‚ Punjab Ph: +92(42)99214489‚ Fax: +92(42)99214491 www.dgmepunjab.gov.pk
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The Stone Age The Stone Age shaped‚ developed and formed our modern day form of living. There are numerous facts and events that have occurred throughout time that are evidence of this. "The Stone Age began as far back as two million years ago in some places" (www.bergen.org‚ April‚ 1997). This was when neanderthals were roaming the world using primitive weapons to hunt animals as well as searching for other sources of food. Since that time the ways of living and even the shape
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Is old age really golden age? What are its pros and cons? Human life is a long and complex process which passes through many stages. Each stage contains new circumstances and requirements to which one has to adapt. The great English poet W. Shakespeare described and divided the human life span into a number of stages: an infant‚ a schoolboy‚ a lover with agonies of adolescence‚ a soldier as a youngish‚ a justice as an adult‚ a pantaloon who is over the hill‚ and the second childhood with "sans teeth
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Is old age really golden age? What are its pros and cons? Old age in human beings is the final stage of the normal life span. In most contemporary countries 60 or 65 is the age of eligibility for retirement and old-age social programs. Thus retirement is the golden age when senior citizens can escape the daily grind of work and the routine chores‚ moreover they spend their time doing gardening‚ taking holidays and chatting with friends. Many developed countries have certainly the greatest respect
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OLD AGE HOME INTRODUCTION “Since the death of my husband‚ I ensured three meals of my three children by doing what not! Many a day‚ I starved but finally made them established. They left the village one after another and did not turn up again” - Rahela Banu “I am a lady of 61 years. I want to see the future ahead of time. My children are permanently settled in New Zealand. They will never come back. These days I feel weak. My strength is getting reduced. Who will look after me when I will get
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Introduction “What happens to parents when space is limited in the heart and homes of their children? Old-age homes have become popular in Bangladesh. The traditional structure of a family of Bangladesh is turning into a fast‚ racy lifestyle‚ where ambitious youth are discarding the old values and in turn‚ their parents. The parents are forced to live out their old age alone. An old man‚ once the head of the family is now a subdued member of a house of strangers. The woman who once happily cooked
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Also known as “The New Stone Age”‚ the Neolithic Revolution deviated from a nomadic lifestyle‚ opening the doors to sedentary societies. The era followed the Paleolithic‚ or “Stone Age”‚ in which hunter-gatherers began to use tools that simplified their daily life. In the Neolithic Era‚ people began to farm and pursue specific careers because they no longer had to migrate with the livestock that supplied their sustenance. These years changed the blueprint of everyday life‚ and many of its aspects
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A S TAU D Y ago‚B O Uwere hardly few old age homes run by some missionaries and by the State A there T decade Government. Now‚ there are Old Age Homes of all types like pay and stay basis run by Individuals‚ NGO’s‚ Trust‚ Senior Citizen’s Association and Government Social Welfare Department who provide food & shelter ‚ some with medical assistance by attaching with hospitals. Below are the voices expressed by some of the readers of “The Hindu” published by the news daily on May 9‚ 2012 Chennai edition
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The Problems of Old Age The old age is an integral part of human life. It is the evening of life. It is unavoidable‚ undesirable‚ unwelcome and problem- ridden phase of life. But it is really interesting to note that everybody wants to live a long life‚ but not to be old. It is ironical that however undesirable the old age‚ it is bound to come in life. A man is compelled to go through the pains and pleasures of this age like the other phases of life before making an exit from this mortal world
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Retirement and old age Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits‚ although some are forced to retire when physical conditions no longer allow the person to work any more (by illness or accident) or as a result of legislation concerning their position. Nowadays most developed countries have systems to provide pensions on retirement in old age‚ which may be sponsored by employers and/or the state. In many poorer countries‚ support for the old is still
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