There are many different hearing, language, and speech problems that affect the elderly. By understanding what the symptoms are seniors can seek the treatment they need and identify the problem as early as possible. Hearing difficulties affect many elderly across India. The most common cause of this is presbycusis which is age-related hearing loss. This […]
I remember rushing through the house, towards the veranda, with my grandfather , every time we heard an airplane flying over our house. We both would look at the plane in wonder, and walk away only when it had flown to a point that was beyond our visual capabilities. Whenever a plane flew over our […]
A few days ago, I encountered a slightly surprising, more offensive incident. At a get-together in my son’s house, I was humming to a song playing on the Television, when a little child asked his mother “Do old people like music too?” The child’s mother quickly apologized, and we had a small laugh on this. […]
Exercising regularly and still not getting the results you expected? Well, that may be because, it’s not suited for you. New studies have shed light on how your blood type and blood group, may impact the effect exercise has on your blood pressure. While exercise is often the first thing people opt for, when thinking […]
Rich and lonely or poor and hungry, the plight of the elderly in our country is far from satisfactory. Be it the medical necessities or the psychological needs, the legal bodies have seemed to ignore many of the geriatric issues. Currently we have over 8 million senior citizens in the country, a figure which is […]
Remember the days when you were learning to walk, it was his finger that you held or after coming back from school, it was her who fed you with her own hands. Well those times are just a memory and you’re busy making a life in a new city, while your parents keep waiting alone […]