Old age isn't a pain anymore!
Cliched notions about grannies and grandpas spend their time reading novels, playing cards and circumbulating parks, are well, wrong when it comes to many modern day senior citizens.
Right from learning difficult dance moves to searching for jobs, the elderly have now shifted gears and are found engaging themselves in activities that one could not associate them with till some time back.
Today's senior citizens, who spent their youth rebuilding their lives post-Partition, are into more productive, stimulating and entertaining activities even in the twilight of their lives.
Investment in health insurance and pension benefits schemes is a part of the metaphorical dawn. They can be seen discussing investment plans with insurance agents, browsing the Internet to seek financial concessions available for senior citizens and watching business news channels to remain updated on the fluctuating market in dices.
65-year-old Ramaswamy, who lives in an old age home in the capital, keeps abreast with the latest market developments to invest in pension benefits and other health insurance policies to safeguard his future and for the financial support it privies in the absence of a regular income.
"We are living separate from our children. I have saved some money but it is fast diminishing. If I stop earning through the market, who will take care of me and my wife. Our son has invested in health insurance but that is for his tax benefits," says Ramaswamy, who has invested in Post Office Monthly Income Scheme and Senior Citizens' Savings Schemes that gives him a 10.5 per cent return, apart from switching funds time to time in fixed deposits of different banks.
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