Tips to Boost Your Nutritional Health As you make food choices to improve your nutrition, keep these tips in mind: Stick to healthy fats. Choose healthy fats found in seeds, nuts, avocados, fatty fish, and vegetable oils rather than saturated fats and trans fats. Drink up. Water, of course. To stay hydrated, drink a lot of water and non-caffeinated beverages and eat foods with high water content (like soups, cucumbers, grapes, and melons) unless instructed otherwise by your doctor. Opt for whole grains. These fiber- and nutrient-rich foods will help your digestion and protect your heart ..read more

Elderly Depression Elderly depression is a condition that is under-diagnosed. The primary reason why doctors, caregivers, and family members don't recognize it is because the symptoms of depression are different in seniors than in younger people. Symptoms of Depression Common symptoms of depression are: Feelings of deep sadness, hopelessness, and/or worthlessness Lack of ability to enjoy everyday life Difficulty concentrating Low self-esteem Headaches, constipation, or chronic pain. In depressed individuals, these complaints tend not to respond to generalized treatment Changes in appetit ..read more

Googling is good for the ageing brain Could Googling actually be good for you? That is the conclusion drawn by researchers who believe that searching the internet could improve brain function – at least among older people. A team from the Center on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that searching the web can stimulate the brain more than other activities such as reading a book. In a study to be published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, the researchers say they examined the neurological activity of adults aged between 55 and 76 as they conducted a nu ..read more

Laws protecting the old people In Dec 2007, A law was passed by Parliament, according to which Indians who neglect their ageing parents could be jailed. The government said that the law was passed as a large number of elderly are mistreated in the country. The Government of India approved the National Policy for Older Persons on Jan 13, 1999 in order to accelerate welfare measures and empowering the elderly in ways beneficial for them. This policy included the following major steps: (i) Setting up of a pension fund for ensuring security for those persons who have been      ..read more

Army to have old age homes for ex-servicemen Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh said here on Sunday that the Army would run homes for elderly ex-servicemen, who do not have anyone to look after them in their old age. “We have prepared a new scheme under which we will open old age homes in every Command. The first such experiment is being tried out near Chandigarh in Panchkula where we are setting up the first such old age home. We shall see how we can run it,” General Singh said at a veterans rally. Not a free service The Army Chief said that it was not possible to run such faciliti ..read more

No wheelchair for elders at airport The Airports Authority of India (AAI) collects Rs.45 per head from non-passengers for letting them enter the lounge of the newly built Rs.130-crore airport terminal building here. But it does not provide as basic a necessity as a wheelchair to the aged and differently-abled persons. Those who visit the airport, either to see off their friends and relatives or welcome them on arrival, have to either stand, however long it takes, near the entrance to the terminal as there is no seating arrangement in the place or purchase entry tickets to get seated in the ..read more