Senior Care News

Nagpur: A hospital dedicated to the elderly and people with disabilities will be opened in the city to provide diagnostic and treatment facilities at nominal rates, said Union minister and city MP Nitin Gadkari on Saturday.

Commence retirement planning early, focusing on dedicated funds like pension plans or provident funds.

Investors with their money in small savings schemes like the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS), Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC), and other post office schemes should submit their Aadhaar number to their respective post office or bank branch by September 30, 2023.

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KITES Senior Care announced the launch of a 15,000 sq ft, 45-bedded geriatric care centre in Chennai’s commercial hub of T Nagar

Retired Judge of the Telangana High Court Justice G. Chandraiah on Monday said many persons with disabilities are making themselves self-reliant through entrepreneurship and, in the process, moving towards economic empowerment.

An old age home set up by the Vivekananda Medical Research Trust (VMRT) in the town has been made operational.

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Health insurance, the top segment in the sector, has seen a premium mobilisation of over Rs 37,000 crore in the April-July period of 2023-24.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Isha Singal today instructed officials to ensure senior citizens were given proper respect in the government offices in the district.

Alternative asset classes such as life sciences, co-living have also seen increased traction, Colliers say. Alternate assets also include senior housing, holiday homes, student housing and co-living properties.

One of Treasurer Jim Chalmer’s big ticket items was $11.3 billion over four years to meet a 15 per cent pay rise for 250,000 aged care workers.

In a decade, the number of older adults will outnumber kids for the first time in U.S. history.With that, we’ll see a surge in long-term healthcare needs, but costs will overwhelm most people..

Amenities at the Aegis Living Lake Union development include a spa/wellness center with a salon, massage suite, and a fitness center.

“The irony of our society is that we prioritise our health only once it starts deteriorating,” shares fitness trainer and nutritionist Diksha Chhabra.

Half a century ago, India and China stood at a similar point. Their fertility rates – at 5.6 and 5.5 children per woman – were neck and neck and way more than what is regarded as replacement level fertility of 2.1, at which the population stabilises. They also faced similar social and developmental challenges as they sought to build their nations after suffering the devastation of long colonial and imperial humiliations and war.

AFP found a community grappling with the reality of a shrinking population, offering a stark glimpse of the demographic pressures facing the country as a whole.

The problem is especially pronounced in places such as Rudong, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Shanghai, where a surge in the elderly population is coinciding with an exodus of younger people.

Australia’s Labor government on Thursday said it would set aside A$11.3 billion ($7.5 billion) in next week’s federal budget to fund a 15% pay rise for retirement home staff as the sector grapples with a shortage of skilled workers.

Aged-care providers will need to strike agreements with unions to make it easier for employers to sponsor direct care staff on skilled visas and fast-track permanent residency for foreign workers under a government plan tackling chronic workforce shortages.

A long-awaited pay rise for aged care workers will cost the federal budget more than $11 billion as Labor hopes to entice more registered nurses to the hemorrhaging sector with $10,000 pay boosts.

The world’s population is getting older. And Thailand is among the fastest-aging societies in the world. Of its 67 million population, more than 12 million Thais are elderly, according to the Department of Older Persons, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, with the majority of them in the 60-69 group.

The old cannot take care of the old. The young need to do it, says Ang who co-founded Masoc Care after seeing how ill-equipped Malaysia is to face its rapidly ageing population.

For some senior citizens, their isolation was the result of losing a loved one. Cadillac resident Dale Sundstrom said he lost his wife over eight years ago. While he has adjusted to his new life, Sundstrom said it wasn’t easy.