Old Age Homes and Retirement Township in India Life expectancy is steadily increasing‚ but cities are no longer safe nor friendly neighbors a certainty. Alternative housing for the aged is a practical lifestyle solution that developers are now ready to provide. The fading joint family system in India and other innumerable factors have given rise to west-inspired phenomena of old age homes. Surprising cost of living and scanty return on savings have almost pushed these senior citizens on roads. Such
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Is old age really golden age? What are its pros and cons? Human life is a long and complex process which passes through many stages. Each stage contains new circumstances and requirements to which one has to adapt. The great English poet W. Shakespeare described and divided the human life span into a number of stages: an infant‚ a schoolboy‚ a lover with agonies of adolescence‚ a soldier as a youngish‚ a justice as an adult‚ a pantaloon who is over the hill‚ and the second childhood with "sans teeth
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------------------------------------------------- ANNA HAZARE Born | Kisan Hazare 15 June 1937 (age 74) Bhingar‚ Bombay Province‚British India | Nationality | Indian | Other names | Kisan Baburao Hazare | Known for | Indian anti-corruption movement‚ Watershed development programmes‚Right to Information | Influenced by | Mahatma Gandhi‚ Swami Vivekananda | Political movement | Indian anti-corruption movement‚ Peace movement | Religion | Hinduism | Spouse | Never Married | Parents
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“Beautiful Old Age” is a free verse poem written by D.H. Lawrence about the beauty and satisfaction of growing old. The author’s theme describes old age as something peaceful‚ satisfying‚ and wonderful. Lawrence uses apples as imagery and peaceful descriptions through the use of color and the images of the outdoors throughout the poem to explain how he believes old age is beautiful. He provides the reader with a beautiful depiction of how growing old age should be; however‚ his depiction does
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UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY NEYYATTINKARA CENTRE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Is old age a curse??? SEMINAR REPORT -2010 SUBMITTED BY‚ AJIN.A.S.THAMPY S5‚ B.SC CS ROLL NO : 3 TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.. Dear warm-hearted stranger‚ I am an 83-year-old man and my wife is 70 years old. We had one daughter‚ who didn’t find enough space in her home to dump us. I am saying ’had’ because although she is alive and
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PROBLEMS 0F OLD AGE SHIJO RAPHEL CONTENTS Introduction Definition Characteristic of old age Social cause of old age problem Current statistics related to the old age problem Solution and remedial measure to solve old age problem Action taken by trainee for solving the problem Comments and suggestion Conclusion Introduction The elderly population in India is continuously increasing and also the problems faced
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Old Age Homes in India Q1- How many old age homes in India? Ans- Old Age Home refers to a multi-residence nursing home for old people‚ which is also known as retirement home. Each couple or person lives here in a room which is either apartment style or is a set of matching of rooms. Under one roof or in a one building old people are served with different facilities like gatherings‚ meals‚ health or sanatorium care‚ and recreation activities. Levels of these facilities differ from each other.
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Hi Everyone! Food insecurity is an important aspect for every stage in life. People who are faced with food insecurity can suffer and not achieve the same milestone as a person who has abundance access to food. There are social determinates for food insecure people where they are unable to buy healthy and nutrient food due to income which is strongly linked to food insecurity. With a large portion of the Canadian population facing poverty or having low incomes‚ it is creating a cycle of hunger
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LONELINESS Staying socially connected may be just as important for public health as washing your hands and covering your cough. A new study suggests that feelings of loneliness can spread through social networks like the common cold. “People on the edge of the network spread their loneliness to others and then cut their ties‚” says Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School in Boston‚ a coauthor of the new study in the December Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “It’s like the edge
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A S TAU D Y ago‚B O Uwere hardly few old age homes run by some missionaries and by the State A there T decade Government. Now‚ there are Old Age Homes of all types like pay and stay basis run by Individuals‚ NGO’s‚ Trust‚ Senior Citizen’s Association and Government Social Welfare Department who provide food & shelter ‚ some with medical assistance by attaching with hospitals. Below are the voices expressed by some of the readers of “The Hindu” published by the news daily on May 9‚ 2012 Chennai edition
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