A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING RIGHTS OF SENIOR CITIZEN AMONG OLD AGE PEOPLE IN SELECTED RURAL AREA OF MEHSANA DISTRICT

Author Name: 1. Dr. Dayalal. Patidar 2. Ms. Urvashi Nayak

Volume/Issue: 03/06

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2022-85964138/UIJIR

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ABSTRACT

A senior citizen is the one who has crossed the age of 60. The Indian Government provides concession, financial assistance for senior citizens. There are various public/private sectors of the society providing aids for them. We can proudly say that our country has many laws and enactments which play a vital role in protecting the rights of senior citizens. However, due to rampant illiteracy and lack of awareness, many senior citizens are not aware of their rights.Senior citizen should be able to live in dignity and security and should be free from exploitation and mental and physical abuse. Elder abuse, mistreatment and torture of older people are a manifestation of the time less phenomenon of interpersonal violence is prevalent in India. A quantitative using pre-Experimental one group pre-test & post-test Research Design. The participate were 60 old age people from rural area of Mehsana district. Non probability Convenient sampling technique. A self-structured interview schedule with a questionnaire was used to collect data from the subjects. The obtained data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics and interpreted in terms of objectives and hypothesis of the study. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. in this study overall the highest percentage in the demographic data including the age group 30% (66-70 years), gender 78.33% (male), religion 96.67% (Hindu), education qualification 50% (Illiterate), employment 75% (No job), socio-economic status in family 50% (lower class), marital status 66.67% (married), home stay 50% (with children) and previous knowledge 66.67% (No), The post- test Knowledge mean score (22.25 ± 2.96) higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (16.5± 2.63). The calculated „t‟ value (11.76) was greater than the table value (2.00) at 0.05 level of significance. The planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of old age people regarding rights of senior citizen. The findings of the study revealed that planned teaching programme helps in improving knowledge regarding rights of senior citizen among the old age people.

Key words: Rights of senior citizen, old age people, senior citizen, planned teaching.