Life is like wine! They have time on their hands. As well as a digicam, a blackberry and an ipod! They enjoy movies on LCD screens and go on exotic annual holidays. And they are in their sixties or seventies. The
Indian middle class elderly are
getting technically savvy by the day and more importantly,
learning to live it up like never
before, says Rachna Bisht-Rawat
Urban solutions for the ageing The number of elderly in the cities are increasing. Metros like Chennai and Delhi have already geared up. In these cities, there are better geriatric facilities, cheery old-age homes and organisations that are going all out to make the lives of the senior citizens just that bit more interesting
Retiring in style They are fashionably called retirement resorts. More prosaically, they are homes, rather apartments built especially for senior citizens. The trend has caught on and several big players have jumped into this market...
HEALTH
SAD? Virtual help is here If you go light-headed at the very thought of making a speech or your heart starts pounding just before you step into a room full of people, stop and think. You might be suffering from SAD (Social Anxiety Disorder)
HEALTH
Reach out for help Reaching out is the need of the hour given the way stress levels seem to be working on each and every individual at different stages of life. In earlier times, joint families acted as a buffer and gave each and every member a feeling of oneness, support and a means to ventilate one's thoughts and ...
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