Caring for the elderly in rural communities
A neglected aspect of health and development initiatives in rural areas is that the needs of elderly people, particularly those from weaker sections, do not get adequate attention.
A neglected aspect of health and development initiatives in rural areas is that the needs of elderly people, particularly those from weaker sections, do not get adequate attention.
Police have registered cases against as many as 65 ineligible who reaped the benefit of old age pension social security scheme by way of forging documents in support of date of birth in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Monday claimed that the addition of 80,000 new old-age pensioners in Delhi is a result of BJP’s efforts and political pressure.
The parent-child relationship is considered a private affair, and even in cases of extreme harassment by one's children, parents find it socially unacceptable to take the legal recourse. That is why the number of cases filed by parents against children under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is extremely low
"It's I think one sole project that I have put in about a year and a half of mine, and that feels extremely valuable."
India is only at the beginning of the curve which has topped out in the developed world as increasing prosperity ensures people live much longer. As the population’s median age goes up, so will the need to allocate resources in proportion.
To determine how long-term saving products might help solve the problem of old-age income security, an improved understanding of the behavioural, economic and institutional barriers to participation are required
In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter a whole lot how old age is portrayed in either literature or philosophy because the deterioration of the human body due to old age is something inevitable and irreversible. This doesn't necessarily imply that we lose our wisdom or drive to engage in activities that we are passionate about.
The researchers found that greater symptoms of depression were linked to worse episodic memory.
With the cash-strapped Punjab government holding old age pensions since April, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered…
