Be it birthday or father's annual date. On any memorable day, most of the people here reach the old age home located in Ghorahi sub-metropolitan city-16 Teraute. 17 elderly people who have not received family protection are staying in the ashram.

This number continues to decrease . Someone dies there and someone new is added . Even the death rites are performed by the old age home. Old age is difficult if there is not as much love for the children in the family as for the elderly. 

Senior citizen concern center was formed in 2062 in the activism of active senior citizens of Ghorahi. The center is currently operating the old age home. The old age home is operated on the land provided by social worker Khagraj Lohani.

Family, society and the state have failed to respect and protect senior citizens properly, said Bhupal Giri, president of Senior Citizen Concern Center. The trend of treating senior citizens as a burden is increasing. Like children, senior citizens also need care and protection," he said, "because families and society are not responsible for senior citizens, they have to resort to old age homes . He said that it is necessary for every family to give proper guidance and education to their children about the respect and care of the elderly. "It is necessary to teach growing children about their responsibility towards senior citizens," he said. Everyone is focused on their own work, there is no one to look after the elderly.'

He complained that the elderly are not given proper respect and concessions not only at home, but also in public transport, hospitals, government offices and other places where they receive services.

Giri said that the new generation should learn from senior citizens as they are a storehouse of experience and knowledge. The new generation can learn a lot of knowledge from the senior members of the family. It is not to despise the generation that has a storehouse of knowledge,' he said, 'Nowadays, various things have started to be done to help the elderly who come to the old age home, to discuss and interact with them . It needs to be in every home.'

Helping people reach the old age home and help on various occasions. Some have established Akshay Kosh . President Giri said that the old age home is being operated with its interest and support. "If someone wants to donate, they should go to an old-age home," he said Madan Pokhrel and Tulsa Pokhrel reached the old age home and distributed baby clothes and fruits to the old people. Son Madan said that he felt peace in his heart to help the elderly in his father's memory. "Rather than just doing the funeral of our ancestors according to the rituals, our hearts got peace when we helped the living elderly," he said, "This is respect and service towards the elderly." An environment should be created to protect the elderly in the family and society.' Daughter-in-law Tulsa said that she was happy to have an old age home as a shelter for those who have no one. Many elderly people are helpless and stranded. The family is forgetting their duty,' she said, 'It is a great religion to serve the elderly by running an old age home at this time.'

The old people who have reached the old age home after being neglected by their families are sitting contented after meeting friends like them. 72-year-old Sushila Gharti of Ghorahi-4 is the oldest resident of the old age home. Gharti, who went to the old age home after not being protected by her family, now talks to everyone who has come to the ashram. "The newcomers are worried." He plays many things in his mind . They should be calmed down by reminding them,' said Gharti, 'one cannot die easily . I had to take shelter somewhere as long as I could breathe. As helpless people like us keep coming to the old age home, it has become easy for everyone to share their sorrows with each other.

86-year-old Durga Prasad Pandey of Ghorahi-11 Bansgajeri was also shunned by his family after making all the assets in the name of his wife and sons. There was no one to look after Pandey, who was sick with kidney disease. Then he also reached the old age home 6 years ago . The husband of 60-year-old Lalkumari Puri of Ghorahi-18 Masina entered India after marrying again. Sons and daughters could not bear it . Then she also reached the old age home . Vasanthi Shah of Rukum, Meena Shahi of Dolpa, Lal Bahadur Damousi of Rolpa, Ramkali Damousi, Tula Bahadur Bhandari of Ghorahi, Bhuma KC, Sridhar Sunar and others are sitting together. They talk about sorrows and joys, sing hymns and pass the time .

'Now our household, whatever it is, has become an old age home . We have met friends at the same time,' Meena Shahi of Dolpa said, 'We remember what we did in our old age.' We share sorrows and joys, we forget our hearts by singing hymns . Tula Bahadur Bhandari of Ghorahi said that the old people's home feels like God's house. "Now we are under the shelter of God." We will bear whatever happens," he said, "There is no situation to go home. Even if we die or live, now our support is the old age home. According to the national census 2078, there are 1.4 million 43 thousand 907 senior citizens and 1.5 million 33 thousand 4 hundred 11 women in the country. Citizens are . In Section 4 of the Senior Citizens Act 2063, it is mentioned that it is the duty of every member of the family to take care of senior citizens. In sub-section 3, there is a provision that no one should force a senior citizen to be separated from his family or to live separately against his will. In sub-section 5, it is stipulated that any family member, relative or owner who uses or uses the movable property of a senior citizen should keep him with him and take care of him. Section 26 of the

act provides that if a family member fails to comply with his duties, a fine of up to 3 lakh rupees is imposed, and if he is separated from the family, he can be imprisoned for up to three months or fined from 10,000 to 30,000 rupees or both. If a person holding a public office commits a crime, there is an additional 30 percent penalty. In the act, there is a provision to form a senior citizen committee at the central, provincial and local levels for the purpose of providing care, care and social security for senior citizens.