HelpAge is now getting into the much required Palliative care for the elderly. Palliative Care is the care of patients and their families, by a team of trained professionals at a time when the patient’s disease is no longer responsive to curative treatment and life expectancy is relatively short.

A 3 year plus pilot project has been developed in partnership with Indian Association of Palliative Care & Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut.  The project started in Kerala has a demonstrative module in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Community volunteers are the back-bone of the project and more than a 100 such volunteers trained in the art of providing care are engaged with the project.