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Every morning,retired government officer Subhash Chandra Rai, 86, powers up his boxycomputerto answer the10good morning messages he receives on WhatsAppfrom his family and friends.Rai has maintained this steadfast routine for the last two decades with his 79-year-old wife Geeta Rani, though their activities are vastly different...
This number isestimatedto increase to 15 per cent (around 22.7 crore) by 2036 and double up to 20.8 per cent (around 34.7 crore) by 2050.Increasing life expectancy and decreasing fertility rates are altering demographic equations across the globe, and India is set to face an ageing population bulge at a time when joint family traditions have broken up and there is no institutional care infrastructure either...
Despite filial piety forming an integral part of traditional Asian cultures, countries like China, Japan, and Singaporehave heavily investedand pioneered models of health and social care for older adults.But in India,elderly people are strangely missing from public policies, debates, and in the poll season from political parties election manifestos..
Last year, we faced our hardest time when he almost stopped breathing and was hospitalised for seven-eight days, says the wife, Santosh.Drape your shawl properly, she tells him.VKgets up from the sofa and goes to his bedroom to bring out the album of their anniversary celebrations...
Its been Maja and her husband for almost 30 years since their two sons left for college.On some days, they entertain themselves by playing a few games of cards or watching TV together..
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