It is no secret that India is home to an ageing population. This World Senior Citizens Day, it is worth taking a breath to appraise the health of our seniors and to consider how the pandemic has affected them. As of 2019, older persons – those aged sixty or over – number at 139 million […]
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Elder abuse takes many forms
Veneration of our seniors is often considered the norm in India, but elder abuse certainly occurs. According to some estimates, the problem is growing. Down to Earth reported earlier this year of the worrisome trend. The report by the publication cited the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, which found that five percent of India’s seniors […]