{"id":4697,"date":"2019-03-22T17:11:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccd.armla.am\/en\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2019-03-23T19:09:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T15:09:59","slug":"not-the-elderly-or-the-old-people-but-the-golden-generation-discussion-on-elderly-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccd.armla.am\/en\/4697.html","title":{"rendered":"Not the Elderly or the Old People, but the Golden Generation: Discussion on Elderly Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On 22 March, the Human Rights Protection Coalition, which was formed in the scope of the \u201cHuman Rights: Monitoring and Publicity\u201d project implemented with a grant allocated by the EU-funded \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d project organised the discussion \u201cNeglecting the Rights of Elderly People, the Problem of Indifference to them\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The vocabulary used to describe the older generation in Armenia is so unpleasant that I do not want to repeat.\u00a0I would suggest changing the vocabulary.\u00a0There are many pleasant and good words such as: older generation, or at least elderly, I would offer the term a golden generation, because these people have accumulated experience and wisdom, there are also golden generation universities where they trained these people as we all need training,&#8221; Mr. Hovsep Khurshudyan President of \u201cFree Citizen\u201d Civic Initiatives Support Centre NGO said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to him, Armenia does not pay much attention to the issues of elderly people, although it is one of the priority social issues in European countries.\u00a0Nevertheless, Hovsep Khurshudyan noted that he criticizes the European structures for not attaching importance to this issue in Armenia.\u00a0&#8220;Being a member of the Eastern Partnership Steering Committee for two years, I have always tried to lobbying it.\u00a0We had these tools in European structures, including in the intergovernmental platforms, which also included Armenian officials.\u00a0Lobbying was made in the direction of the development of this, the elimination of problems for the elderly as well as in financial terms and in terms of the attitude and methodology.\u00a0I realized that it was not a priority for the European Union in our countries,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a4La6wSjaNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ms Anahit Gevorgyan, head of the Department of Elderly Issues at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, was also present at the discussion.\u00a0She mentioned that one can speak about the problems of elderly people, which can be neglected, indifference elements, but we should not say that elderly people in Armenia are left absolutely marginalised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;In 2014, a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Vienna was a very important signal that we are moving from pure nursing care to active and healthy aging.\u00a0Elderly people should not be dependent on the services or the will of the authorities, but they need a prosperous and secure environment for them to grow old and to live a healthy and active life.\u00a0Here we attach importance to the role of communities,&#8221; Anahit Gevorgyan said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBu33DOSrJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ms Anna Grigoryan, a senior counsellor on social and health services, coordinator of elderly people protection for the &#8220;Mission Armenia&#8221; NGO, presented the role of civil society organizations in protecting the elderly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">She noted that there are gaps in accessible healthcare.\u00a0&#8220;The problems are numerous.\u00a0There is accessibility and there is no quality in some places, and there is quality in another place but no access, and there is everything in one place but there is also a violation of the ethical code by the specialists.\u00a0During the day-to-day work, when I accompany the elderly, often a therapist or a narrow specialist can quietly say &#8220;have you brought anything?&#8221; Anna Grigoryan mentioned when addressing a number of issues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9FDFBlvueUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Notably, Mr. Hovsep Khurshudyan in addition to presenting the elderly issues, but presented proposals for their solution as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0<strong>\u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0project is implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a consortium of civil society organizations, which are the \u201cArmenian Lawyers\u2019 Association\u201d NGO, Agora Central Europe o.p.s (an NGO from the Czech Republic), the \u201cArmenian Center for Democratic Education-CIVITAS\u201d NGO, the \u201cInternational Center for Human Development\u201d Public Organization, the \u201cSME Cooperation Association\u201d NGO and the Union of Communities of Armenia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The overall objective of the project is to enhance the influence of CSOs and their coalitions (networks) on the public policy process. 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