The Indignity of Elder Abuse
An Ongoing Project for Protection of Elders from Abuse

Under the professional guidance of

Dignity Companionship and Dignity Helpline are two integral parts of a number of services already being rendered by Dignity Foundation. The objective of these two services is to extend a social support system to the lonely, depressed and abused senior citizens. In these 10 years of dialogue with the seniors, Dignity Foundation has come across the painful reality of physical and mental abuse to which seniors are subjected by their children.

Dignity volunteers are themselves senior in age. We have about 200 of them. They have received training through our faculty in simple skills of counselling and help rendering.

Typically, after the call is received by Dignity Helpine , the coordinator informs and directs the volunteer, who lives in the vicinity of the caller/victim , to visit the senior citizen, get to know more about the situation and give him/her counsel/assistance.