Abandoned Loved Ones End Up At Senior Citizens Home
“People bring their relatives to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital or even to St Giles and leave them there, without leaving behind any contact.”
Friday 04 October 2019 | 11:40
Residents of Golden Age Home and Father Law Home during social day as part of International Day of Older Persons on October 2, 2019. Photo: Ronald Kumar
People are abandoning their loved ones in hospitals and as a result, they end up at the Golden Age Home.
The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation’s principal welfare officer senior citizens unit Dilitiana Baleinabuli said this was one of the reasons why there were younger people at the home in Samabula.
She said this was an issue the Ministry of Health was dealing with and they were contacted as a halfway home.
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Yesterday, the Golden Age Home in Samabula played host to the residents of the Father Law Home from Lami.
Singing and dancing along with the food was the order of the day.
Ms Baleinibuli was the guest of honour.
A Father Law Home resident enjoys a dance during social day as part of International Day of Older Persons at the Golden Age Home on October 2, 2019. Photo: Ronald Kumar
The ministry facilitated this by providing the woman and her daughter a place in the Housing Assistance Relief Trust (HART) homes.
In the third case, work was done with the elderly woman’s family so that they understand her needs.
Edited by Percy Kean
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