As the elders in our family grow older, our worries about their healthcare grow as well. It becomes progressively more difficult to give our elders the care they require at home all by ourselves. This is especially true for those elders who live on their own, or with...
Kolkata almost touched 40 degrees Celsius last Sunday…and to add to that was the humidity factor at 89%! The met office has predicted continuing inclement weather with no sign of relief over the next 3 days. This gives us home health caregivers a lot to worry about...
Rhythm is basic to our existence. We can see its presence not just in our breath but also in the way we walk and the cadence of our speech. In fact, all our organs are also organized around rhythms. Babies, before they are born, learn from sounds such as the rhythm of...
Poila Boisakh – 1429. Our own Bengali New Year, or Nabobarsho, is just around the corner and we are still in the midst of a chaos with war, disease and uncertainties disrupting our lives. If like me, you are a middle-aged Bengali ‘babai’ staying away from aging...
Let’s face it. Children living in the USA, elderly parents on their own in Kolkata… this is not a very uncommon scenario any more. You could replace the US of A by any of a dozen countries where young, and not so young, Indians are earning their daily bread, and the...
The elderly population is increasing globally including in developing countries like India. According to WHO, over the next 40 years, developing countries will have 80% of the world’s elderly population. Currently, elderly people comprise 8% of India’s population...
