In Kerala — India's fastest-ageing state, where migration to the Middle East and beyond has left growing numbers of older people living alone — the state government has launched the country's first dedicated department for elderly welfare. Its strategy centers on keeping people in their homes and communities, with planned caregiver training, day-care centres, and volunteer networks to address isolation.
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Kerala inasisi idara ya kwanza ya India ya ustawi wa wazee

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Kerala — jimbo la India linalozeeka kwa kasi zaidi, ambapo uhamiaji kwenda Mashariki ya Kati umewaacha wazee wengi peke yao — limeanzisha idara ya kwanza nchini India inayoshughulikia ustawi wa wazee. Mkakati wake unazingatia utunzaji nyumbani, mafunzo ya wahudumu, vituo vya mchana na mitandao ya kujitolea kukabiliana na upweke.

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