Where
aged citizens await twilight years with
loneliness (kh 01/11/2023)
Taking
care of Nepal’s elderly : Despite improving
financial well-being, health complexities among
the elderly remain, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp
26/09/2023)
Elderly
beneficiaries of social security allowance rose
by 300,000 last fiscal : Mounting cost raises
concern about scheme’s sustainability, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/09/2023)
Demographic
Shift: Rising Elderly Population In Nepal,
by Bhim Prasad Subedi (rn 01/09/2023)
Senior
Citizens In Jeopardy, by Mukti Rijal (rn
13/07/2023)
Old
age homes (ht 04/07/2023)
Elderlies
in old age homes deprived of state facilities
(ht 03/07/2023)
Elderly
seek easy access to allowance cash : Most banks
are located at town centres and those from
outlying areas have to travel long distances to
collect the mone, by DR Pant (kp 10/02/2023)
Care
homes: New norm for Nepal? Senior citizens
claiming to be satisfied in care homes should be
seen as a survival strategy rather than a badge
of admiration, by Poonam Thapa (kp
15/12/2022)
Cost
of elderly allowances swells by Rs7 billion in a
year : As many as 113,911 new beneficiaries
added due to the lowering of eligibility age by
the current government, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/11/2022)
Senior
lives matter : This time, let us vote for what
we want rather than what everybody else expects
us to want, by Poonam Thapa (kp 16/10/2022)
Promoting
Senior Citizens' Rights, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (rn 03/10/2022)
Jail
recommended for legal heirs for not taking care
of elderly (ht 05/09/2022)
Promoting
Welfare Of Senior Citizens, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 27/08/2022)
Dealing
with ageism in Nepal, by Ananya Shri Mundara
(ae 11/08/2022)
'Amendment
to Senior Citizens Act aims to ensure dignified
life of senior people' (rn 28/07/2022)
Khaptad
Chhededaha starts distributing social security
allowance from ward offices : Service initiated
as senior citizens, people with disabilities
from remote areas had to walk for hours to reach
nearest bank, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
24/07/2022)
Move
to lower eligibility age for elderly allowance
to cost over Rs15 billion : Government
expenditure for social security allowances to
nearly double in two years, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/07/2022)
May
Day: Let’s acknowledge the contributions of
older workers, by Sanju Thapa Magar (nlt
01/05/2022)
Senior
citizens deprived of state facilities at
hospital (ht 26/04/2022)
Elderly
people in rural Bajura face hassles in getting
allowance : As the villages have no
transportation services, most of the
beneficiaries have to walk quite a distance to
receive the social security allowance from the
designated banks, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 02/04/2022)
Senior
citizens demand effective implementation of
Senior Citizens Act-2006 (kh 14/03/2022)
Ensure
Rights Of Older People, by Sanju T Magar (rn
05/03/2022)
Stuck
in the pandemic’s endless loop : In order to
stay safe in the midst of the pandemic, many
elderlies have had to curtail their freedom and
that has come with its own set of challenges,
by Srizu Bajracharya (kp 21/01/2022)
Supreme
Court orders immediate distribution of senior
citizen allowance (kh 12/01/2022)
Govt
to partner with local levels to set up
facilities for senior citizens (ht
24/12/2021)
Equal
digital access for senior citizens stressed
(ht 04/10/2021), Digital
Equity For All Ages, by Jhabindra Bhandari
(rn 04/10/2021)
Nepal's
Elderly People Looking For Dignified Life
(rn 02/10/2021)
Rapidly
ageing population: Are we ready to address it?,
by Björn Andersson (ht 01/10/2021)
Ensure
Affordable Health Services To Elderlies:
Geriatricians, by Mahima Devkota (rn
01/10/2021)
Money
isn’t enough : We need to hold a wider
discussion on how we plan to manage the ageing
population (kp 01/10/2021)
Senior
citizens are source of experience: CM Pokharel
(kh 01/10/2021)
Elderly
People: Waiting for Justice at Very Important
Phase of Life, by Punam Pant (rep
08/07/2021)
Lonely
wait of Nepal’s elderly for 2nd dose : Running
out of time for their second doses of the
Covid-19 vaccine has added to the woes of
Nepal’s seniors, by Deepali Shrestha (nt
25/06/2021)
Senior
citizen allowance increased to Rs 4,000 (rep
29/05/2021)
Day-Long
Queue For Allowance (rn 18/04/2021)
Many
senior citizens continue to be neglected: NHRC
report report (ht 15/03/2021)
Ideal
Elderly Care Homes, by Shyam P Lohani (rn
10/01/2021)
Digital
Divide Hits Senior Citizens, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 06/01/2021)
Old
lady found abandoned in Tinkune dies (rep
17/12/2020)
Senior
Citizen Free Treatment Fund Set Up (ht
10/11/2020)
Spared
at first, elderly hit hard by Covid-19 : The
coronavirus crisis has added to the hardships
and isolation of Nepal’s seniors, by Sonia
Awale (nt 06/11/2020)
Old
age homes on high alert to prevent infections :
As Covid-19 continues to spread, facilities
dedicated to taking care of the elderly are
adopting strict measures, by Tsering Ngodup
Lama (kp 26/08/2020)
Protecting
elderly from pandemic discussed (rep
16/08/2020)
Helping
Aged People Survive The Pandemic, by Pratik
Sharma Lamichhane and Mahima Devkota (rn
01/06/2020)
Care
For Elderly People During Corona Crisis, by
Kalpana Poon (rn 02/05/2020)
Lockdown
takes a toll on senior citizens already
vulnerable to coronavirus: While some are
worried about their children abroad, others fear
the shutdown will take their life before the
virus does, by Aditi Aryal (kp 20/04/2020))
Senior
citizens to get Rs 10,000 per month (ht
23/03/2020)
Call
to ensure dignified life for senior citizens
(ht 22/02/2020)
Placing
together for care: The elderly people can spend
their ending days with orphan children and such
intergenerational assimilation can change the
social outlook to understand generation gap,
by Biranchi Poudyal and Samikshya Thapa (rep
09/02/2020)
Call
to ensure 50 per cent discount for elderly in
public transport: Anyone who occupies seat
reserved for the elderly shall be fined Rs 1,000
(ht 06/02/2020)
Govt
to set up model villages for senior citizens,
disabled persons (ht 17/01/2020)
Ministry
develops procedure to run centres for elderly
(ht 05/01/2020)
Senior
citizens, single women and people with
disabilities deprived of social security
allowance in Siraha: They have been protesting
in front of the Bhagawanpur Rural Municipality
office for the past two days, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 19/12/2019)
Senior
citizens deprived of facilities in public
vehicles (ht 08/12/2019)
Elderly,
disabled deprived of social security allowance
(ht 07/12/2019)
A
day care centre in Khalanga is a blessing for
senior citizens: The idea behind the centre is
to create an environment of learning and sharing
for senior citizens, say authorities, by LP
Devkota (kp 17/11/2019)
For
the elderly at the old-age home in Pashupati,
Dashain is among themselves: The old-age home
celebrates the festival in small ways—by
providing the senior citizens with a tika
ceremony, a small cash gift and new clothes to
wear, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 04/10/2019)
Helambu
Rural Municipality to give allowance to
widowers: The local unit has allocated Rs 2
million for the scheme, by Anish Tiwari (kp
02/10/2019)
In
Gabahal, the elderly stand in a queue for hours
for their old-age allowances: There is little
space to accommodate hundreds of elderly people
who come to take their allowances in just five
days, according to the Nepal Bank, by Anup
Ojha (kp 01/10/2019)
Plan
for longer lives: Empowering older persons in
all dimensions of development, including
promoting their active participation in the
social, economic and political lives, is one way
to ensure their inclusiveness and reduce
inequalities, by Ramesh Kandel (ht
01/10/2019)
At
an old age home in Biratnagar, there’s no one to
carry the dead: Every time a death occurs in
Birateshwore Briddhashram, the staff fret about
how to ferry the dead body to the funeral site,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 10/09/2019)
Without
specialised care, older adults deprived of basic
health care facilities: A lack of geriatric
services has been affecting the senior citizens
of Nepal in availing of proper geriatric care,
by Sachitra Gurung (kp 29/08/2019)
Disabled
senior citizens have to travel far to get social
security allowance: The government has made it
mandatory for beneficiaries to receive their
allowance through banks, by Abadesh Kumar
Jha (kp 29/07/2019)
Things
are improving at the Pashupati Home for the
Elderly, but conditions remain bleak: New
regulations and improvements in facilities and
infrastructure have been instituted, but much
more could be done, by Alisha Sijapati (kp
27/07/2019)
People
above 80 receive free health service at
doorstep: Health workers in Dhankuta have been
visiting homes of senior citizens every four
months to provide them the medical services,
by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 13/07/2019)
Senior
citizens bill: ‘Family, govt roles must be
balanced’, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
30/06/2019)
Elderly
people left alone in villages to fend for
themselves, by Anil Bhandari (rep
29/06/2019)
Senior
citizens in rural areas deprived of citizenship
certificate: Without citizenship, people are
denied job opportunities and social security
allowances, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp
14/06/2019)
Senior
citizens welcome increase in allowance, but say
they are not fully happy: Government has
increased senior citizen allowance by Rs 1,000,
by Anup Ojha (kp 30/05/2019)
Deputy
PM for raising elderly allowance to Rs 5,000:
There is no rationale for increment: Economists
(rep 02/05/2019)
Shelter
for
elderly: It is time to promote the concept of
quality shelter homes in recognition of the
immense contribution of the elderly to the
country (ht 26/04/2019)
NHRC
tells govt to ease woes of elderly (ht
25/04/2019)
Establish
at least one geriatric hospital in each
province: NHRC (ht 11/04/2019)
A
happy place for elderly, helpless people:
Modibeni Dham, by Chhabilal Tiwari (rep
02/04/2019)
Measuring
population ageing: From evidence to action,
by Jhabindra Bhandari (ht 15/03/2019)
Cops
rehabilitate 150 homeless elderly people (ht
23/01/2019)
Bill
requires children to allocate portion of income
to elderly parents, by Ashok Dahal (rep
11/01/2019)
Elderly
care:
Give them love and respect; Lessons you learn from
caring children and elderly are far more enriching
than what you learn during school and university
studies combined, by Usha Pokharel (rep
05/01/2019)
Government
paves way for tabling bill to amend Senior Citizens
Act in Parliament (ht 04/01/2019)
Many
elderly care centres only in paper: Rights body,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/12/2018), NHRC
tells government to improve living conditions in
elderly homes (ht 09/12/2018), An
age-old problem: Our senior citizens deserve
better (kp 10/12/2018)
Ageing
and
the elderly: Families, communities and governments all
need to find new ways to deal with a rising elderly
population, by Ramesh Kandel (kp 06/12/2018)
Elderly
hopeful of allowance after getting citizenship
(rep 04/11/2018)
How
to
design our cities to make them age friendly? With the
growing pace of development, our city is expanding
resulting in urban slums, often difficult to plan and
manage, by Srijana Koirala (rep 03/11/2018)
44pc
more women in elderly homes than men (ht
29/10/2018)
Over
2.5 million people leave Kathmandu (kp
17/10/2018), by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 17/10/2018)
Pashupati
home unfit for elderly folks (kp 13/10/2018)
Caregiving
for elderly: Training is crucial, by Prapti Gautam
(ht 20/09/2018)
Elderly
to receive health services at home, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 21/08/2018)
Caring
for
those who cared: As the young migrate, growing demand
for home care for their parents reshapes health
services in Nepal, by Sikuma Rai (nt 17/08/2018)
Age
is
just a number: At the dusks of their lives, a
group of senior citizens are finally going to
school, discovering a pool of confidence they
never thought existed in the process, by
Abijeet Pant (kp 07/07/2018)
KMC
opens
first leisure centre for elderly folk: Mayor
Bidhya Sundar Shakya says similar recreational
centre for senior citizens will be built in all
32 wards of the city, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/06/2018)
Senior
citizens want easy access to allowance, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 27/04/2018)
Senior
citizens want allowance delivered at home,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 03/04/2018)
Govt
'shelves' decision to reduce age threshold for
elderly allowance (rep 02/04/2018)
Elderly
persons in care homes do not get state benefits,
by Pratap Bista (kp 22/02/2018)
Care,
not allowance: Instead of addressing real
problems, parties are competing to increase
elderly allowance, by Purna B. Thapa (rep
18/02/2018)
Senior
folk demand pension hike (kp 13/02/2018)
Citizens
can now claim elderly allowance at 65 (kp
25/01/2018)
Being
old is no crime, by Usha Pokharel (rep
20/01/2018)
Elderly
want promises fulfilled (rep 18/01/2018)
Legal
provisions on needs of elderly not adequate :
Report (ht 07/01/2018)
Elderly
elated
to get allowance at home: Although the
government had introduced the allowance for the
welfare of senior citizens, they had to struggle
a lot for the little amoount, by Yogesh
Rawal (rep 24/10/2017)
Construction
of Biratnagar elderly home in limbo (ht
16/10/2017)
200,000
senior citizen ID cards distributed in two years
(ht 07/10/2017)
Honouring
The Senior Citizens, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
06/10/2017)
No
respite: Rapid outmigration has made late-life
scenarios much harder for Nepal’s elderly
population in rural areas, by Menaka Hamal (kp
03/10/2017)
Elderly
underfed, neglected at Pashupati old age home,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 18/09/2017)
Old
age
home demands additional nurses (ht 30/08/2017)
Senior
citizens
receive allowance: 28 people get elderly benefits
on opening day of KMC service, by Anup Ojha
(kp 01/07/2017)
Turning
Promise Into Action, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
26/05/2017)
Kathmandu’s
Geriatric
Home In Mess, by Kanhalya Mathema (rn
19/05/2017)
Elderly
denied
social security allowance (ht 31/03/2017)
Erosion
of
family values hits grey population: Over 1,700
elderly are living in old age homes across the
country (ht 24/03/2017)
Army
chief
Chhetri inaugurates old age homes (kp
16/02/2017), NAWF
funded
geriatric village to provide alternative care to
elderly (ht 16/02/2017)
Disabled,
elderly
at Parbat village get benefit cards, by
Agandhar Tiwari (kp 12/01/2017)
Senior
citizens
deprived of allowance (kp 09/10/2016)
Elderly
demand
50pc discount on fares (kp 03/10/2016)
No
allowance
for senior citizens before Dashain (kp
03/10/2016)
Ageing
population
both cause for celebration and a challenge: UNFPA
(ht 01/10/2016)
Don’t
forget
them: Problem of Alzheimer’s disease in the
country is bound to worsen with the increase in
life expectancy, by Sharad Koirala (kp
20/09/2016)
Senior
citizens
facing hard time, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
18/09/2016)
A
crutch for elderly: By helping the elderly
proactively, we will be safeguarding their
future and, in turn, our own, by Manoj
Bhattarai (kp 16/09/2016)
Fifty
and
beyond: It is important to change social
perceptions about ageing and recognise
contributions elders can make, by Samridhi
Rana Thapa (kp 04/09/2016)
SASCWG
established
in Kathmandu (ht 31/07/2016)
Senior
citizens
demand hike in allowance: Say they should be
provided Rs 5,000 a month (kp 28/07/2016)
Old-age
homes, by Ramesh Pant (kp 03/07/2016)
Revering
Senior Citizens, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
11/05/2016)
Elderly
citizens
demand old age home (ht 25/04/2016)
Elderly
continue
sit-in for more social security: Fifteen of the
demonstrators have died since protests began 3
years ago, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
04/04/2016)
Elderlies
rely
on allowance, by Purna BK (kp 15/02/2016)
Senior
citizens
press demands for facilities: Social Welfare
Ministry pledges to introduce benefit schemes
(kp 13/02/2016)
Free
health
camp brings respite to ailing elderly, by
Kisan Sangeet Nepali (rep 25/01/2016)
House
panel
mulls hiking senior citizens’ allowance (kp
14/01/2016)
Senior
citizens
deprived of allowance, by Aagandhar Tiwari
(kp 20/10/2015)
Kathmandu
to
become elderly-friendly city (kp 20/10/2015)
The
forgotten
folks: Nepal must do more to address the needs
of its senior citizens, by Chun Bahadur
Gurung (kp 06/10/2015)
Elderly
complain
of difficulties: Municipality official says they
are unable to provide allowance at the doorstep (kp
30/08/2015)
Quake
injured
senior citizens left in lurch (kp 23/08/2015)
UK-based
family
runs old age home in Damak, by Chetan Adhikari
(kp 20/08/2015)
The
elderly
stance, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 14/08/2015)
Limited
validity
passports for elderly, children mulled (ht
02/08/2015)
Government
to
increase allowance for the elderly (kp
09/07/2015), Senior
citizens
unhappy with allowance raise (kp 18/07/2015),
State
ignored
our voices: Senior citizens (ht 18/07/2015)
Elderly
couple
‘expelled’ from house by children, by Aash
Gurung (kp 05/07/2015)
Social
security
allowance distribution halted in Kavre (ht
29/06/2015)
Remembering
dementia:
Nepal’s ageing population brings a new problem
that families and the government have little
knowledge of, by Kenji Kwok (nt 03/04/2015)
Elderly
abandoned
by their own children seek refuge in Devghat,
by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 23/03/2015)
Senior
citizens
accuse political leaders of cheating them (ht
10/03/2015)
Traveling
in
Valley to get 50 pc cheaper for elderly, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 28/02/2015)
Senior
Citizens’ Plight, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
18/02/2015)
Elderly
to
get 50pc discount on transport fare in Kathmandu
(kp 05/02/2015), For
elderly,
city travel comes at half price now (ht
05/02/2015)
Old
age
problem: Non-Resident Nepalis should invest in an
organisation which looks after their aged parents
back home, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp
18/01/2015)
Nowhere
to
go: Cast out from their homes, elederly parents
feel let down by their own children, by Arjun
Oli (rep 10/01/2015)
NHRC
urges
govt to provide better geriatric support (kp
04/01/2015), Govt
told
to protectsenior citizens’ rights (ht
04/01/2015)
Collecting
allowance
a tough task: Senior citizens say banking system
not practical (ht 21/12/2014)
Team
to
look into senior citizens’ demands (kp
17/11/2014)
Elderly
couple
face social boycott over utility arrears, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 14/11/2014)
Elderly
to
get personal bank accounts soon (ht
01/11/2014)
Nepal
‘not
ready’ to take care of elderly, by Weena Pun
(kp 13/10/2014), Focus
this
year on senior citizens (ht 13/10/2014), Elderly
need
more love, care and respect with flying time
(ht 14/10/2014)
An
older
world: As South Asia is ageing faster than any
region in the world, preparations must be made,
by Jhabindra Bhandari (kp 01/10/2014)
Senior
citizens
to resume stir (kp 27/09/2014)
Banging
head
against wall: Goct unmoved by months-long struggle
of elderly and teachers for justice (rep
21/09/2014)
Old
age
allowance: Reform needed, by Ram Khadka (ht
26/08/2014), Old
enough:
Senior citizen protest (rep 28/08/2014)
Of
steely
resolve: 19 months on, agitating senior citizens
remain determined to force govt to meet their
demands, by Arjun Poudel (rep 25/08/2014)
‘First’
hospital
for elderly in Nuwakot (kp 25/08/2014)
KMC
to
establish clubs for senior citizens (ht
16/08/2014)
Senior
Citizens
Deserve To Age Gracefully, by Tika Raj Kafle
(rn 15/07/2014)
Call
to
raise old-age allowance (kp 09/07/2014), Rights
body
asks govt to protect senior citizens’ rights
(ht 09/07/2014), Elders’
demands (ht 09/06/2014)
Senior
citizens
warn of stern protests, self-immolations: Press
govt to address their key demands (ht
08/07/2014)
Senior
citizens'
welfare: Policies confined only to documents
(ht 23/06/2014)
Society
For
All Ages, by Jhabindra Bhandari (kp
17/06/2014)
UN
World
Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Say No To Abuse Of
Elderly, by Bishnu Gautam (rn 15/06/2014)
MoWCSW
proposes
doubling elderly allowance (rep 01/06/2014)
Many
senior
citizens excluded from KMC's allowance scheme,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 27/05/2014)
Some
country
for old men: There is a marked dichotomy between
how Nepali society treats elder politicians and
elder creative professionals, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 18/05/2014)
Support
the
elderly: More than 80 percent of the elderly
live with their children but the remaining are
living at Old Aged Homes or without shelter,
by Vikash Raj Satyal (rep 17/05/2014)
Plight
of
the elders: A humanitarian crisis, by Jayash
Paudel (ht 07/05/2014), Nowhere
To
Go: With the breakup of extended families,
Nepal's senior citizens are facing loneliness at
least and trauma at worst, by Nikki Sharma
(sp 09/05/2014)
Heed
the
elderly: Policymakers have failed to initiate a
vibrant discussion to address the issues of the
elderly population, by Jayash Paudel (rep
23/04/2014)
Suicides
among
old on rise: Changing moral and social values
blamed, by Benupraj Bhattarai (rep
17/04/2014)
Elderly
to
block road for 50 pc discount (rep
05/04/2014)
KMC
plans
to distribute senior citizen allowance from
mid-April, by Samik Kharel (kp 01/04/2014)
Senior
citizens
deprived of social security allowance (ht
19/02/2014)
Elderly
living
in 133-year-old building, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (ht 09/02/2014)
No
country
for the old: It is the duty of the young to take
care of the elderly, by Niranjan Khatiwada
(kp 02/02/2014)
KMC’s
elderly
benefit scheme, by Samik Kharel (kp
29/01/2014)
Comforting
melodies:
Elderly sit-in for state facilities gets musical
boost (kp 15/01/2014)
Not
enough
caregivers at old-age home (ht 09/01/2014)
Discount
on
transport fare: Misread provision hits elderly
travellers, by Weena Pun (kp 07/01/2014)
Senior
citizens’
pleas fall on govt deaf ears: Their agitation
enters ninth month (ht 27/12/2013)
Elderly
in
west call for easy access to allowance (ht
15/12/2013)
Age-old
problems:
The rights of senior citizens must be seen and
ensured through a human rights perspective,
by Sangita Nirola (kp 10/12/2013)
Elderly
Continue
Protest Demanding Transport Fare Concession,
by Pratibha Rawal (rep 07/12/2013)
Empowering
the
elderly: Proof of citizenship has become key;
yet, vulnerable groups are struggling to get
their citizenship cards, by Sony K.C. (kp
22/11/2013)
Elders
welfare:
Parties make rosy promises (ht 03/11/2013)
Abandoned
Elderly
Feel Sad During Festivals, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 23/10/2013)
Senior
citizens
rally for rights (ht 21/10/2013)
Old-age
provisions
win accolades, by Manish Gautam (kp
08/10/2013), Needy
denied
grants in lack of identification, by Weena Pun
(kp 08/10/2013)
HelpAge
International:
Helping Elderly; At a time when international
community are stressing to respect senior citizen,
the state of Nepalese elderly people are very much
pathetic (sp 04/10/2013)
Elderly
see
no reason to celebrate, by Pratibha Rawal (rep
03/10/2013)
Report
says
Nepal among worst places to grow old, by
Manish Gautam (kp 02/10/2013), Still
deprived
of basic facilities (kp 02/10/2013)
Senior
citizens
demand more seats, discount in public vehicles,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 30/09/2013)
Conference
to
highlight elders’ plight (ht 25/08/2013)
Senior
citizens,
disabled people to get KMC allowances (ht
15/08/2013)
The
forgotten
ones: A long-term vision for the elderly cannot be
limited to an allowance, by Sony K.C. (kp
16/07/2013)
ADA
Campaign
For Senior Citizens, by Bishnu Gautam (rn
15/06/2013)
50
per
centtreatment fee waiver for elderly on the cards
(ht 13/04/2013)
Army
‘caretaker’
of old age home, by Basanti Bastola and Janu
Pangeni (kp 24/03/2013)
Treatment
fee
for senior citizens to be waived (ht
12/02/2013)
Elderly
deprived
of medical allowance, by Mohan Budhair (kp
21/12/2012)
Walking
for
nothing: The government should fix the date and
place for distributing the old age allowance,
by Sony K.C. (kp 09/12/2012)
Senior
citizen
allowance to be increased to Rs 750 a month
(kp 07/11/2012)
Senior
citizens
face hard time collecting monthly allowance ‘In
such long course of waiting,it has become a burden
rather than an economic aid’ (ht 21/10/2012)
Protecting
the
aged, by Ashish Thapa Magar (rep 06/10/2012)
Prez
call
to govt to safeguard elderly (kp 02/10/2012)
Giving
up
on grannies: As Nepal's population ages, thousands
of elderly Nepalis find themselves orphaned,
by Dambar Krishna Shrestha (nt 28/09/2012)
Pit
falls
of old age: As the healthcare needs of the elderly
are clearly different than the general population,
finding compassionate and caring doctors is vital,
by Buddha Basnyat (nt 31/08/2012)
Getting
govt
allowance painful for senior citizens (ht
21/06/2012)
Averting
old
age crisis in Nepal, by Nimisha Bhattarai and
Meena Bhattarai (nn 21/06/2012)
A
better tomorrow: Addressing elder abuse, by
Ashish Thapa Magar (rep 16/06/2012)
No
country
for the old: Plight of the elderly needs to be
listened to in a changing Nepal (kp
08/06/2012)
Alternative
ends:
Hospice Nepal offers palliative care to the
terminally-ill who have exhausted curative options
during the course of their sickness, by Anup
Ojha (kp 21/04/2012)
Fare
concession
for elderly only on paper, by Anjali Subedi (rep
20/(04/2012)
Abandoned
by
children, elderly mother longs to see them again,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 15/04/2012)
Do
we
care? More needs to be done to take proper care of the
growing elderly population in Nepal, by Bijan Pant
(rep 27/03/2012)
Orphaned
at
old age: More grandparents feel less grand as they
cross the 60's line, by Paavan Mathema (nt
02/03/2012)
Caring
for
the elderly: New Nepal, old problems, by Bijan
Pant (rep 14/01/2012), Old
habit:
Elderly people in Nepal have long been ignored and
neglected when it comes to policy-making process,
by Bijan Pant (rep 28/01/2012)
The
changing
social fabric: Moving with the tide imperative, by
Birbhadra Acharya (ht 12/01/2012)
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