A STUDY OF OLD AGE HOMES IN THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY IN GUJARAT Project Report prepared by N.P. Das Urvi Shah Population Research Centre Department of Statistics Faculty of Science M.S. University of Baroda Baroda-390 002 December 2004 PROJECT TEAM |Dr. N.P. Das‚ Ph.D.‚ D.P.S. | |Director
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Plantain Medicine that Treats Everything Throughout years‚ I was taught to believe that the best medicine is not a pill‚ but a folk medicine. The most common folk medicine in my culture was plantain. This herb meant to help in a variety of sicknesses. For instance‚ when I got food poison followed by high fever‚ vomiting‚ and diarrhea‚ my mother prepared a tincture based on plantain‚ vinegar and salt. I had to drink 15 drops of this mixture every hour and after 5 hours the reaction
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Chapter One A General Introduction to Folk Customs 1. Folk customs: a definition Folk customs‚ or folk ways‚ comprise the part of cultural life that people of a country or nation have created‚ practiced and transmitted in their endeavors to satisfy their needs at various stages of their history and society. Deep-rooted in the cultural life of a community‚ folk customs are passed down from generation to generation in a temporal dimension and spread from one place to another in a spatial dimension
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Promoting the Five Philippine Folk/Native Games Promotional Video in Promoting the Five Philippine Folk/Native Games Characteristics of Five Philippine Folk/Native Games 1. Tinikling Game 2. Kasipa sa Mangis 3. Arnis 4. Palo-palo 5. Sungka Characteristics of Five Philippine Folk/Native Games 6. Tinikling Game 7. Kasipa sa Mangis 8. Arnis 9. Palo-palo 10. Sungka Fig. 1 Framework in the Analysis of Five Philippine Folk/Native Games Bibliography
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Technology-integration in Old Age Homes in India A Status Paper Sugan Bhatia‚ Ph.D. President Indian University Association for Continuing Education Delhi 1.1 The elderly (aged 60 years and above) in India account for more than 9 percent of the total population. The National Population Commission estimated that the population of the elderly is expected to grow from 71 million in 2001 to 173 million in 2026. This demographic scenario appears to indicate a very precarious condition for the older persons
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In the folk museum A darkness in the rooms - sinister connotations Betrays the absence of voices‚ - personification Departing from steps And veranda rails – Hyphen marks a break to the extended metaphor of Autumn On to a street that leads around Autumn Which stands at the door Dressed in yellow and brown. Personification/metaphor I look at words – connotes disconnection‚ diction “look” not “read” That describe machinery‚ clothes‚ transport‚ - accumulation‚ shows little interest
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The Folks Nation is an alliance of street gangs‚ based in the Chicago area‚ which has since spread throughout the United States‚ specifically in the Midwest[1] and the South.[citation needed] They are rivals to the People Nation. Within the Folk Nation alliance there are many gangs which all have their own unique colors‚ hand signs and organization. Many of these gangs have signed a charter to join the Folks alliance. It was formed on November 11 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections
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family’s values? Chances are they where telling you a folk tale. Folk tales are stories passed down usually by word of mouth but often they are written down. Folk tales teach a valuable life lesson while entertaining the reader or in some cases the listener. This essay will give examples of three folk tales and go into depth on how they teach lessons and still remain entertaining for children and even adults. The first of the three folk tales I will be discussing is titled The Sheep of San
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“Folk Hero” H.M. Tolcher How are gender stereotypes explored? SUPPORTING TECHNIQUE QUOTE EFFECT & LINK TO GENDER STEREOTYPES Imagery/simile “The senior gathered in clumps‚ pale faces turning inwards each mirroring the other’s shock‚ small whirlpools of silence in the noisy ocean of the great quadrangle.” Shows how the seniors (assuming they are boys) are grieving the loss of M’Gill. The simile evokes a sound imagery of how the quadrangle is “noisy” however; the grieving students are silently in
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Some people claim that elderly care should be provided by nursing homes these days. In my opinion‚ senior citizens are advised to live with their descendants by dint of their needs of emotional support as well as the responsibility of younger family members. To begin with‚ one reason for the elders to stay with their families is that they are likely to suffer loneliness if they reside at nursing homes. While nursing homes are capable of supplying a variety of professional service‚ they fail to provide
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