The Last Phone Call: What an Abandoned Elderly Person Feels When No One Answers

Introduction: When Hope Feels Like a Mistake

A Life comprises beautiful moments and events filled with unexpected challenges, happiness and pain, success and failures. A person’s life is bound to witness all the good as well as the bad. Though a challenge is never supposed to signify failure, it is a lesson and a test that enables humans to grow stronger.

However, imagine arriving at an age where you need emotional support, a companion or anyone, just to ask “how are you?”

To an abandoned elderly person, a ringing phone can imply hope. They could phone their kids, any relation, any friend, or any past trusted person’s number at times. However, sometimes, the phone continues to ring, with no one picking the call.

Such a feeling creates emotional pain, and worse still, it makes people feel as if they are abandoned.

Growing old should never strip them of their status, dignity, or identity.

A human being has the sole responsibility of aiding these individuals through thick and thin.

·         Anta Eva Aarambhah: The End Is Another Beginning

” The End Evolves as Another Beginning “

The phrase above expresses a world full of different meanings and directions as far as human life is concerned. It is usually believed that the last step in a human’s life is when they grow old, but in actuality, it is always a different story all over again with a new beginning.

Retirement may well represent liberty. A variation in a child’s family setup could represent a possible start to a new path and a fresh set of challenges. Furthermore, when you realize you have left behind one chapter of sorrow, then definitely leaving never meant you could no longer be happy or peaceful.

Life will always proceed in one form or the other. Whether through memory, friendships, kindness, knowledge, or impact on other people’s lives, this is always a true fact. The end of such chapters of memories or stories will always pave way for a new start.

Senior citizens have rights similar to those of any other human being. With this in mind, it is crucial we aid them in having their time in a clean, peaceful, safe and comfortable environment that enables them to feel loved, respected and supported in all they do.

·         Empower Your Self-Reliance

It is very integral to empower self-reliance on the part of elderly ones.

Growing old in no way implies you lose potential, knowledge, or even determination in achieving your goals.

In addition, the experience and accumulated knowledge of senior citizens over the years are always worth a mountain top experience since people usually gain from their experiences.

Hence, as much as a family or a society can bear responsibilities like providing meals at appropriate times, providing clean and safe shelter, clothing and the much-needed care and love is crucial, giving a chance for these elderly ones to stand on their own accord is of utmost importance.

Letting these abandoned elderly people participate in activities will assist them maintain a firm sense of who they are. This will keep away the feeling of helplessness they would otherwise develop if they just sat idly.

·         Challenges Are a Part of Life

Challenges will always be there affecting people all through life. Whether you are in youth, middle, or old age, every person can experience trials and difficulties. The difference is brought out by the fact that old age usually requires more support due to family setup shortcomings, the aging process, and financial obligations. Challenges affect all humans, although they do so differently for each and every one of us. At times, it is very difficult for a senior citizen to bear with trials and even at times the outcomes of previous experiences from when they were younger.

It may appear that the most difficult thing about advancing in age is losing a partner in life or living away from family in a different country. Even worse than that is the fact that these seniors feel that they have reached their worst moments and they are a burden since their children usually cannot afford good luxuries such as phones and may forget to check the messages these seniors leave.

Elderly care thus provides the much-needed emotional support as well as care and attention as we make sure that no one is ever left alone or forgotten even though advancing in years has made him/her feel as such.

A good civilized state is always responsible for taking better care of the abandoned elderly people. It entails having proper care plans for these elders. Moreover, this care entails having proper accommodation and meeting other basic human needs.

It is a responsibility we must all bear when caring for our seniors and respecting their status in society. Thus we can either volunteer our time or raise alarms at times these abandoned seniors have less or no emotional support in their lives.

·         Helping Abandoned Elderly People

Abandoned elderly people require more than sympathy;

they require support in terms of proper and safe living conditions.

Organizations such as Sadhbavna Vrudhashram usually strive for providing safe care environments where elderly people can reside with dignity.

Help could be rendered in various ways when it comes to supporting these elderly care organizations. Kindness has also played its role. Donations could be made, and these go a long way in providing food, residence, medical services and other pertinent aspects of need.

A visit by family members during visitation hours and/or even sharing of good time moments is useful not only to provide food but make these seniors feel that no one has abandoned them. Thus, a visit or a donation can make an invaluable difference on the other side of unanswered calls.

·         Empathies to Overcome Loneliness

Empathy results from first understanding another person’s circumstances and then using sympathy in accordance.

Prior to judging an abandoned elderly person, people should first consider what these seniors had gone through for many years.

These seniors will be very happy to be cared for while they still bear a trace of their wonderful life. They still value their lives like any other living creature and expect to live without being neglected despite the aging process.

Therefore, people will go a long way if they consider these abandoned seniors to be people very similar to them, capable of having hopes, dreams, fears, and valuable experiences that, like it or not, they always carry close to their hearts.

Sometimes, the most critical kind of love is empathy. By first feeling for another’s circumstances and then going further to show sympathy in accordance with such circumstances. All abandoned elderly people need is to feel like they are in fact people capable of living a comfortable and dignified life and that there are individuals ready to stand by their sides and give selfless support during their times of need.

·         Sadbhavna Vrudhashram: A Place of Freedom, Care and Dignity

Sadbhavna Vrudhashram focuses on creating a better world for senior citizens. The organization creates a conducive environment for the elderly people that enables them to live a dignified life with compassion. The organization aspires to transform the way these precious and elderly people view the world and life as their experiences of the past are truly valued.

Furthermore, it is always crucial to recognize that a free world does not always mean being free from the adverse situations life sometimes presents. Freedom will always demand civic duties which we must render willingly for society at large to co-exist peacefully. In addition, being aware that the most crucial aspect in life for all abandoned elderly ones is being made to feel wanted.

This will allow every senior citizen a platform for a beautiful and enjoyable life free from neglect, insecurity, loneliness, and the feeling of being unwanted in their old age.

Sadbhavna Vrudhashram is dedicated towards achieving this goal because it is the most fundamental responsibility we ought to bear as humans for a lasting period of time.

·         Support Senior Citizens – Your Donation Can Make a Difference

Supporting senior citizens is one of the most incredible roles we humans bear. It is through voluntary donations that senior citizens receive care as well as support. Therefore, most are invited to donate a portion of their fortune to help these elderly people meet their needs. Whether you feel you have a huge amount to give or otherwise, all hands are welcome whenever one is willing and able to give something as well as a portion out of his/her heart.

This will contribute immensely towards achieving a great cause for lasting time. A little amount from many people adds up to a big amount. The concept works like this: if everyone gives according to what is in their power and heart without considering who has more and who has less, a big result will be achieved for the sake of the elderly.

Donation is not a means to provide financial support. It also implies raising your voice. For instance, you are actually telling an abandoned elderly person, who always feels as if he/she is always alone, “no, I really care for you.”

Whether it is by donating blood, visiting at visiting hours or advocating for awareness of elderly care, any kind deed goes a long way toward helping achieve our goal.

·         Conclusion: We Welcome You

The human race is unlimited so long as kindness knows no bounds. As much as every end represents a different shape of life, every good ending brings about many more meaningful things, many more different chances that we can use to further create hope and comfort in the hearts of these abandoned elderly people.

We believe in helping these precious seniors and are ready to open our arms and hearts to them. The organization welcomes all those who believe they should contribute towards making this world a better place. Please take up this challenge because it is the most satisfying, heart-filling and rewarding feeling you can wish to achieve.