After me, who?’ This is a question that bedevils parents of children with disabilities.
And it lay at the heart of ‘Trends and Challenges in Elder Care’, a seminar hosted by elder support service provider Integrated Eldercare Solutions (Care Finder) in association with Harmony-Celebrate Age, on 8 February in Chennai. An audience of about 150 people— representatives of NGOs, organisations for persons with disabilities (PWD) and concerned parents, healthcare organisations, senior citizens’ forums and associations, members of academia, HR managers, builders and architects—gathered to hear experts deliberate upon this and other issues relating to elder care.
“Be proactive, be prepared.” This message by K R Gangadharan, Chairman, Heritage Foundation, set the perfect tone to begin the proceedings. His inspiring inaugural address was delivered on his behalf by Harmony-Celebrate Age’s executive editor Arati Rajan Menon, followed by the welcome address by P S Srikumar, founder of Care Finder, and the keynote address on ‘Integrating Care to Living’ by Col Achal Sridharan, managing director of Covai Care, which has set new benchmarks in creating retirement communities and is making a pioneering effort in integrated care for silvers and their dependent children with disabilities in its projects. In fact, Covai Care, which also sponsored the event, has developed a publication titled Master Document for Persons with Disabilities (Integrated Community Framework for Senior Citizens with Dependent PwD), which was released at the event by T T Srinivasaraghavan, managing director, Sundaram Finance Ltd—the first recipient was R Desikan, managing director, Hydroline Industries.
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Wrapped In Love
My Dadi Meenakshi Banerji was a short and tubby woman with great gumption who raised 10 citizens of the world.
Sharing Her ‘Mettle'
To me, this bell metal vaarpu, which weighs about 80 kg and is at least 120 years old, is an enduring reminder of my paternal grandmother Aleyamma Abraham.
Medical Overload
Your doctor may walk the talk while writing out your prescriptions but here’s the thing: make sure he hasn’t prescribed one too many.
An Act Of Faith
One act of kindness can save someone’s life.’
Armed For Business
The sheer glory and glamour of the Olive Greens motivated me, a third-generation soldier, to join the Army. Thus I enlisted, brimming with enthusiasm, in 1984.
Capture the fracture
Fracture owing to osteoporosis can have a serious impact on a person’s health and quality of life. Dr Abhijit Y Pawar, consultant orthopaedic spine surgeon at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, speaks about the significance of timely intervention in preventing fractures
Friends With Benefits!
Incontinence need not interfere with life.
Yellow, Yellow, Gritty Fellows!
It was a nippy Sunday morning but nothing that would keep the rugged Delhiite away from the annual Senior Citizens’ Run supported by Harmony at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon. Not even the mood-dampening smog that had descended on the capital a week earlier could do that! So said 74 year-old Sarla Rani and her band of regulars at the run who arrived at Nehru Stadium on the morning of 19 November even before the sun did. Soon they were joined by busloads of silvers from all over Delhi, Noida and Gurugram.
Magic By The Sea
From Lord Jagannath to oceanside beauty and green initiatives, Braja Sorensen uncovers the many layers of Puri.
Indian Rhapsody
In a span of two decades, Roshen Dalal has attained renown for her painstakingly researched books on history and religions in India. The Puffin History of India and The Puffin History of the World, each in two volumes, have not just received critical acclaim but are bestsellers as well. Her other books include The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths; Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide; The Vedas: An Introduction to Hinduism’s Sacred Texts and The Compact Timeline History of the World.
