As India’s population ages, understanding and addressing the unique needs of our senior citizens becomes paramount. This e-book confronts the realities of this demographic shift, exploring the challenges and opportunities involved in providing comprehensive elder care.
From healthcare access and social inclusion to the integration of assistive technologies and the complexities of affordability, discover expert perspectives, innovative solutions, and actionable strategies designed to foster a supportive and dignified environment for our seniors.
What’s inside:
1. Introduction, by Ramya Kannan
2. Elderly in India: An overview, by V.S. Natarajan
3. Falls and their impact on the elderly: causes and prevention, by Aravindan Selvaraj
4. Centring elderly women: caring for the quiet majority, by Sathya Sriram
5. Living alone: what loneliness does to the mind and body, by Zubeda Hamid
6. Designing dignity: how public spaces can transform elderly lives, by Prateek Madhav and Neeraja A.
7. Assistive technology for the elderly: current challenges and future directions, by Geetha Srimathi
8. Ageing and affordability: addressing mounting healthcare expenses for senior citizens, by Serena Josephine M.
9. Healing the mind to heal the body: prioritising mental health of the elderly, by Afshan Yasmeen
10. Institutionalising compassionate, structured, professional elder care, by Karthik Narayan R.
11. The largely unregulated space of home health care in India, by R. Sujatha
12. Why adult vaccination in India needs immediate attention, by Athira Elssa Johnson
13. Why geriatrics needs to be an integral part of the medical curriculum, by Priyanka Rana Patgiri
14. Reaching beyond grasp: the human pursuit of long life, by Ramya Kannan
Please find the links & content of the e-book on Senior Care here –
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Published – August 01, 2025 02:56 pm IST
