Maharashtra’s first geriatric treatment centre will be set up at JJ Hospital after the central health department decided to fund such departments in eight states.
Under the ‘National Health Care Programme for Elderly’ scheme, the Centre will give Rs2.13 crore to JJ Hospital in the first year. The hospital will create a special ward for patients over 60 years old with age-related diseases.
Geriatrics is a sub-specialty of internal medicine that focuses on healthcare for the elderly. It aims to treat any disease that a patient is suffering from and to decrease the effects of aging. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or physician who specialises in the care of elderly people.
According to senior doctors from the hospital, there is a no dedicated research done in our country on this specialty. “Abroad, they do a lot of research on healthcare for the elderly. Any physician can treat such diseases, but patients can do better if they are treated by specialised doctors,” a doctor said.
Geriatrics is becoming a sought-after medical field, as life expectancies rise. The life span of an Indian is between 60 and 64 years. Better treatment of diseases related to old age can extend life expectancies to 70 years.
Dr TP Lahane, dean of the hospital, said, “We will create a state-of-the-art ward for geriatrics. With the setting up of such a centre, our resident doctors will also get a chance to learn geriatrics.”
He added, “We have planned a 20-bed ward for geriatrics. We have also decided to take some senior doctors on honourary basis. We will give special training to paramedical staff.” Around Rs1 crore from the grant will be spent on the new ward’s infrastructure. The remaining will be spent on buying medical equipment.
Dr WB Tayde, director at the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, said there is no super specialty degree in geriatrics. “But looking at the growing expectancy of human life, we need this degree. We will write a letter to the Medical Council of India to create this degree,” he said.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maharashtra-s-first-geriatric-centre-to-come-up-at-jj-hospital_1492539
Monday, January 10, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Help Sailesh Mishra, Raise Fund for Silver Inning Foundation ,NGO dedicated for our Elderly
Iam raising Rs.5 lacs for Silver Innings Active Ageing Center,Mira Road.Center provides Elderly opportunities to interact with others in the community, and the mental, psychical and emotional stimulation through social activities.
Donate Online and support the cause of Elderly : United Way Mumbai -- Helping Build Sustainable Communities
Thks.
Sailesh Mishra
Founder President
Silver Inning Foundation
www.silverinnings.com
Donate Online and support the cause of Elderly : United Way Mumbai -- Helping Build Sustainable Communities
Thks.
Sailesh Mishra
Founder President
Silver Inning Foundation
www.silverinnings.com
MHealth: Mobile technology brings healthcare home
Nativo Mira Esplugues is an active 85-year-old from Delta del Ebro, near Barcelona in Spain. He is recovering after having had a total knee replacement.
This is serious surgery, with a long recovery time. Nevertheless the wound is healing nicely, and he was discharged from hospital after just a week.
Normally Mr Esplugues would attend daily physiotherapy sessions. Instead, he is being monitored remotely through an interactive terminal at home.
He accesses the service through a touch screen interface, which shows him what to do.
"The application is no problem, you have only to touch the screen and that's all. The machine says to you what you have to do," he says.
It is connected to the internet by 3G, meaning the unit is not only portable, but accessible to people without broadband - which accounts for 85% of over-75s in Spain.
He straps on sensors containing accelerometers - devices which help ensure he is exercising correctly. They send data on his progress through the telemonitoring unit to his health care professionals.
Mr Esplugues is pleased with the system.
"Somebody has to take me to the hospital and back to my home. Here at home I feel better because I can choose my time, I can make my exercises at seven o'clock or eight o'clock or nine o'clock."
Challenging times
The technology has been developed by telecoms giant Telefonica.
An ageing - and expanding - population is presenting health care providers and governments with a budgetary crisis. In Europe about 7% of GDP is spent on healthcare, and in the US that figure rises to 15%.
Telecoms companies are also facing challenging times, with traditional markets reaching saturation, forcing them to explore other revenue streams.
Vodafone, Orange, AT&T Wireless, Turkey's Avea, and Japan's NTT DoCoMo are all investing in mobile healthcare.
At the Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), attached to Barcelona's Hospital del Mar, cardiologist Dr Josep Comín is talking to one of his chronic heart patients at home, using video conferencing.
The patient is being followed through the remote monitoring terminal. The device tracks weight and heart rate, with scales and a blood pressure cuff using bluetooth technology. If a test is missed, a nurse contacts the patient to find out why.
Read More:
BBC News - MHealth: Mobile technology brings healthcare home
This is serious surgery, with a long recovery time. Nevertheless the wound is healing nicely, and he was discharged from hospital after just a week.
Normally Mr Esplugues would attend daily physiotherapy sessions. Instead, he is being monitored remotely through an interactive terminal at home.
He accesses the service through a touch screen interface, which shows him what to do.
"The application is no problem, you have only to touch the screen and that's all. The machine says to you what you have to do," he says.
It is connected to the internet by 3G, meaning the unit is not only portable, but accessible to people without broadband - which accounts for 85% of over-75s in Spain.
He straps on sensors containing accelerometers - devices which help ensure he is exercising correctly. They send data on his progress through the telemonitoring unit to his health care professionals.
Mr Esplugues is pleased with the system.
"Somebody has to take me to the hospital and back to my home. Here at home I feel better because I can choose my time, I can make my exercises at seven o'clock or eight o'clock or nine o'clock."
Challenging times
The technology has been developed by telecoms giant Telefonica.
An ageing - and expanding - population is presenting health care providers and governments with a budgetary crisis. In Europe about 7% of GDP is spent on healthcare, and in the US that figure rises to 15%.
Telecoms companies are also facing challenging times, with traditional markets reaching saturation, forcing them to explore other revenue streams.
Vodafone, Orange, AT&T Wireless, Turkey's Avea, and Japan's NTT DoCoMo are all investing in mobile healthcare.
At the Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), attached to Barcelona's Hospital del Mar, cardiologist Dr Josep Comín is talking to one of his chronic heart patients at home, using video conferencing.
The patient is being followed through the remote monitoring terminal. The device tracks weight and heart rate, with scales and a blood pressure cuff using bluetooth technology. If a test is missed, a nurse contacts the patient to find out why.
Read More:
BBC News - MHealth: Mobile technology brings healthcare home
BBC News - Today - 'In my mind I'm still young'
Today's guest editor, Diana Athill, was surprised at how well her memoir on ageing was received internationally. Pakistan correspondent Aleem Maqbool speaks to his aunt and uncle in Lahore.
Excellent advice of staying young at old age.
Source:BBC News - Today - 'In my mind I'm still young'
Excellent advice of staying young at old age.
Source:BBC News - Today - 'In my mind I'm still young'
Monday, January 3, 2011
60-year-old woman raped, murdered in north Delhi - The Times of India
ONE MORE CASE OF ELDER ABUSE, SAD NOTE TO END 2010.
PLEASE STOP ELDER ABUSE IN INDIA. STOP HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION OF SENIOR CITIZENS. STOP KILLING OUR ELDERS.
A drink with her husband's employer on the New Year eve proved costly for a 60-year-old woman in north Delhi when he allegedly murdered her after raping her, police said on Sunday.
The shocking incident took place in Majnu ka Tila, New Delhi on December 31 evening and Achey Lal (45), who was earlier acquitted in a rape case, was arrested for allegedly raping and murdering the woman, who worked as a maid.
She was found lying on the floor in her house and was rushed to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, Rupinder Kumar, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said.
"We solved the case within two hours of committing the incident," Kumar said.
Investigators zeroed in Lal after they got a tip off that he was the last person seen at the place of incident. His mobile phone was also found lying near the body.
Lal, who was trying to escape from the spot, was apprehended and during questioning, he "confessed" to the crime.
"Initially, he tried to mislead police by telling that she was a motherly figure. However he later broke down and confessed of having killed the lady after raping her," Kumar said.
According to Kumar, the accused told his interrogators that his wife had gone to her native place since a long time and his sexual desires were not being fulfilled.
"The victim was the wife of his labourer and he usually visited the house of the deceased. On December 31, he reached her house and sent her husband for work. He and deceased were alone at the house.
"They both consumed alcohol and after this, Lal allegedly attacked her. She resisted. When the victim tried to resist, he shut her mouth with a cloth which led to her death," he said.
Lal, who is presently residing in Gopalpur village in Timarpur, hails from Sultanpur district of UP and is working for last 15 years with various tent owners.
He has 7 children and is a habitual drunkard.
Read more: 60-year-old woman raped, murdered in north Delhi - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/60-year-old-woman-raped-murdered-in-north-Delhi/articleshow/7205559.cms#ixzz19xYCE3Cc
PLEASE STOP ELDER ABUSE IN INDIA. STOP HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION OF SENIOR CITIZENS. STOP KILLING OUR ELDERS.
A drink with her husband's employer on the New Year eve proved costly for a 60-year-old woman in north Delhi when he allegedly murdered her after raping her, police said on Sunday.
The shocking incident took place in Majnu ka Tila, New Delhi on December 31 evening and Achey Lal (45), who was earlier acquitted in a rape case, was arrested for allegedly raping and murdering the woman, who worked as a maid.
She was found lying on the floor in her house and was rushed to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, Rupinder Kumar, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said.
"We solved the case within two hours of committing the incident," Kumar said.
Investigators zeroed in Lal after they got a tip off that he was the last person seen at the place of incident. His mobile phone was also found lying near the body.
Lal, who was trying to escape from the spot, was apprehended and during questioning, he "confessed" to the crime.
"Initially, he tried to mislead police by telling that she was a motherly figure. However he later broke down and confessed of having killed the lady after raping her," Kumar said.
According to Kumar, the accused told his interrogators that his wife had gone to her native place since a long time and his sexual desires were not being fulfilled.
"The victim was the wife of his labourer and he usually visited the house of the deceased. On December 31, he reached her house and sent her husband for work. He and deceased were alone at the house.
"They both consumed alcohol and after this, Lal allegedly attacked her. She resisted. When the victim tried to resist, he shut her mouth with a cloth which led to her death," he said.
Lal, who is presently residing in Gopalpur village in Timarpur, hails from Sultanpur district of UP and is working for last 15 years with various tent owners.
He has 7 children and is a habitual drunkard.
Read more: 60-year-old woman raped, murdered in north Delhi - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/60-year-old-woman-raped-murdered-in-north-Delhi/articleshow/7205559.cms#ixzz19xYCE3Cc
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Bombay High Court takes suo motu cognisance on News filed by Silver Inning Foundation for Senior Citizens Maintenance Act
It’s good that Honorable Bombay High Court had taken suo motu of the news story filed by Silver Inning Foundation on 13th June 2010 with Maharashtra Times, Maharashtra largest selling Marathi newspaper . The story was regarding long wait for Senior Citizens for implementation of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. In this news we narrated the story of 80-year-old man, who was suffering from Alzheimer, was allegedly cheated by one of his sons over property worth Rs 1 crore. We tried to help the family by taking legal action but due to non implementation of said act the case was taken as normal legal matter and in two years the 80 year old victim died without justice. Had state government implemented the law there could have been speedy justice. The Bombay High Court took the note of The Front page news and converted it into public interest litigation. In this news we had warned government of nationwide protest by senior citizens on 16th august 2010.
This is big victor for Senior Citizens and Silver Inning Foundation. Hope now that the state will act faster to deliver justice to Senior Citizens and Parents who are being abused by their children’s and relative. But its still long way to go.
In June 2010 the State Govt. had framed the Rules and Tribunals have been constituted on 28th Sep 2010 (as informed by govt. to high court). But the state government had not informed the Formation of Tribunals to Senior Citizens, Organization/NGO working with Senior Citizens nor The Joint Action Committee formed on 16th August National Protest Day by all the NGO’s. It’s surprising to see continuous neglect and ignoring NGO’s and organization.
It’s to be seen how the Tribunals are been formed, who are the members, and implantation of the Act as whole.
We had demanded that Senior Citizens NGO’s/Organization and Joint Action Committee members be part of such Tribunals and State and District Council.The NGOS’ ahs to be taken in confidence before Framing, planning and implementation of any act /schemes for Senior Citizens.
This is perfect Christmas and New Year 2011 Gift to our Elders.
Following is the News covered by various News paper (Hindustan Times; DNA; The Times of India ) in Mumbai on 24th and 25th Dec 2010:
Give publicity to senior citizens' tribunals: Mumbai High Court to Maharashtra state:
The state government has been directed to give wide publicity to the special Tribunals and appellate Tribunals, which have been set up under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. A division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and justice SJ Kathawalla of the Bombay
High Court directed the government to give wide publicity while hearing a public interest litigation.
The court had taken suo moto (on its own) cognisance of a news article in a Marathi daily on June 13th 2010, which said that an 80-year-old man, who was suffering from Alzheimer, was allegedly cheated by one of his sons over property worth Rs 1 crore. The news article also said the senior citizen would have benefited had the government implemented the provisions of the said Act.
Additional government pleader, Jyoti Pawar submitted an affidavit filed by JN Rathod, deputy secretary, social justice and special assistance department, in pursuant to an earlier high court directive.
The affidavit stated: “The Social Justice and Special Assistance Department is implementing the provisions of the said Act with the help of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and civic bodies across the state.”
The affidavit further stated that the tribunals and appellate tribunals have been constituted under the said Act on September 28, 2010.
The affidavit added: “The government has constituted a tribunal for each sub division of every district in the state and appointed the concerned sub divisional officers as the presiding officers in the tribunals. Also, appellate tribunals in each districts have been constituted and the concerned district magistrates have been appointed as the presiding officers for the said appellate tribunals.”
The Centre had enacted the Act in Dec 2007.
Hindustan Times:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Give-publicity-to-senior-citizens-tribunals-HC-to-state/Article1-642569.aspx
DNA:
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_publicise-maintenance-tribunals-bombay-high-court_1485405
The Times of India: http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=5&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=24-12-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00507&format=&publabel=TOI
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Country versus city : older adults who live in rural areas feel safer
Older people residing in rural areas could outrank their city dweller peers when it comes to social connectedness because they reap the health and social benefits associated with living in a small, relaxed and connected country community.
A new report from National Seniors Australia suggests that older adults living in the country may be better off than those living in the big smoke, while the number of older people living in rural communities continues to rise.
The report, Getting Involved in the Country: Productive ageing in different types of rural communities, found that, in general, older adults who live in rural areas feel safer, have a high level of social connectedness, enjoy more social interaction and have a high sense of trust toward others.
The organisation’s general manager of policy, Peter Matwijiw, commented that the research findings challenge typical assumptions about older rural residents being socially isolated.
“What we’ve show here is that older people in country areas aren’t being left behind and, [as a generalisation], are far from being depressed and lonely, as a large proportion of older people say that they go out of their way to give something back to their community,” said Mr Matwijiw.
Community participation, he said, depends on an older person’s health status, lack of opportunities, or lack of time.
“If there are opportunities and the older person is quite well, they will actually choose to participate and enjoy the activities that have meaning for them.
“It is about recognising that older people are willing to participate in the community and will develop and maintain community connections because they enjoy doing it and are willing to do it.
Mr Matwijiw stressed how important it is for aged and community care providers to recognise what motivates an older person to get involved in their community activities, so that they can then supply the right balance of services for the socially isolated.
“If health does restrict a person from participating, can we do something to improve their health? Can we do something about improving their mobility by providing innovative transport options in country areas?
“With the broadband network, do we know whether the broadband network will increase a person’s ability to participate in the community?
“If people do want to give back to their community, are there many ways of assisting them to get involved.
The research aimed to develop a better understanding of productive ageing in three different types of rural communities in rural Victoria.
The report also found that older people were the real driving forces in rural communities.
“By participating they are also contributing to a very important part of their rural community in terms of giving it some heart and soul.
“We do underestimate their value very much. But the issue comes back to making sure that there are options and opportunities for older people in rural areas. It’s important to make sure that they can participate in their community if and when they choose to do so.”
Source: Country versus city - Australian Ageing Agenda: Aged Care and Retirement Industry News and Issues
A new report from National Seniors Australia suggests that older adults living in the country may be better off than those living in the big smoke, while the number of older people living in rural communities continues to rise.
The report, Getting Involved in the Country: Productive ageing in different types of rural communities, found that, in general, older adults who live in rural areas feel safer, have a high level of social connectedness, enjoy more social interaction and have a high sense of trust toward others.
The organisation’s general manager of policy, Peter Matwijiw, commented that the research findings challenge typical assumptions about older rural residents being socially isolated.
“What we’ve show here is that older people in country areas aren’t being left behind and, [as a generalisation], are far from being depressed and lonely, as a large proportion of older people say that they go out of their way to give something back to their community,” said Mr Matwijiw.
Community participation, he said, depends on an older person’s health status, lack of opportunities, or lack of time.
“If there are opportunities and the older person is quite well, they will actually choose to participate and enjoy the activities that have meaning for them.
“It is about recognising that older people are willing to participate in the community and will develop and maintain community connections because they enjoy doing it and are willing to do it.
Mr Matwijiw stressed how important it is for aged and community care providers to recognise what motivates an older person to get involved in their community activities, so that they can then supply the right balance of services for the socially isolated.
“If health does restrict a person from participating, can we do something to improve their health? Can we do something about improving their mobility by providing innovative transport options in country areas?
“With the broadband network, do we know whether the broadband network will increase a person’s ability to participate in the community?
“If people do want to give back to their community, are there many ways of assisting them to get involved.
The research aimed to develop a better understanding of productive ageing in three different types of rural communities in rural Victoria.
The report also found that older people were the real driving forces in rural communities.
“By participating they are also contributing to a very important part of their rural community in terms of giving it some heart and soul.
“We do underestimate their value very much. But the issue comes back to making sure that there are options and opportunities for older people in rural areas. It’s important to make sure that they can participate in their community if and when they choose to do so.”
Source: Country versus city - Australian Ageing Agenda: Aged Care and Retirement Industry News and Issues
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