Get ready for the Grey tsunami, warns new study on elderly care
Findings from a pilot study in three states by HelpAge India shows need for creating new structures within existing framework of government policy for elderly care giving. Suggests introducing concept of Vridh Sahayak at the sub-centre level Providing physiotherapists at the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Creation of new State Level Geriatric Programme Manager role At 106 million people, the elderly form approximately 8-9% of the total population in India today making the country the second largest global population of elderly citi…
A Citizen`s Letter to His President
Shri Ram Nath Kovind 18 th March 2019 Hon’ble President of India New Delhi Sir, Sub: The responsibility of preparing the nationwide Electoral Rolls, and the option of electronic voting. I am one of those citizens in the country, who is pained to see that our political representatives, while constantly criticising each other are not able to devote enough attention to the imperatives of economic growth. I also regret that the Constitution has not provided any op…
Senior Citizens' Updates - Report on Elderly Care Released by HelpAge India
A report on Long Term Care of Elderly prepared by HelpAge India was released on 18-03-2019 by Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Mathew Cherian, J.R.Gupta, Dr.A.B Dey, Kiran Karnik, Manmohan Sharma, Prof. Sivaraju, and Ms.Caitlin Littleton. The report was based on the problems faced by elderly in Leh (J & K), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) and Coddalore (Tamil Nadu), where 59% of the elderly suffer from long term diseases and need help to carry out basic activities such as bathing and dressing etc. On this occasion, Hari Baskaran,(70), was welcomed and felici…
CORWA Updates - APFERWAS Spreads Wings, Vijayawada Chapter Soon
The relentless efforts of APFERWAS Core Team to spread the RWA movement across the state are bearing fruit with residential associations in Vijayawada gearing up to open up activities from this emerging global city. Nearly 40 members of 16 RWAs in the city attended an interactive meeting organised by APFERWAS at the Institution of Engineers hall in Dr.K.L.Rao Bhavan. While Sri Uday Shirname, President of APFERWAS welcomed the attendees, the Associate President Dr.K.S.R.Murty made a powerpoint presentation and explained the genesis, activities …
Portrait photography is in trending
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Voter Awareness Campaign by UFERWAS
In the recent elections to the Telangana State Assembly, capital city Hyderabad recorded the lowest turnout at just 50% of the electorate. While this was attributed to voter apathy to a great extent, others pointed out to the widespread instances of missing names in the voter lists. Given that the General Elections are just 10 days away, the United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS) has joined hands with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to improve polling percentages in the city. Towards this, the apex RWA…
We want to walk. We are pedestrians. Please provide us encroachment-free-footpaths
Respectable way to check footpath encroachments in Hyderabad March 18, 2019 By Professor B. R. Sant* Encroachment-free-footpaths (EFF), is a part of beauty, culture, discipline, and tradition of any city in the world, more so the ones that are aspiring to become ‘global cities’. However, almost all footpaths (also called sidewalks, pavements) on the two sides of any road, big or small, in Hyderabad are “encroached”, causing extreme hardship to pedestrians to walk safely, comfortably, and with dignity. “Pavements” and “roads” are TWINS with cle…
A Day in the Life: New Tendency
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Stunning Examples: Pattern Photography
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Women swimming in white monokini
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