Ageing and Its Impact on the Health of Elderly Citizens in Old Age Homes in Guwahati, Assam

Atlanta Talukdar
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Ageing is a natural process which is inevitable. Everyone who is born in this world will eventually age with time. There is a rapid change in the demographic scenario and the growth rate of the older population is increasing gradually in India over the past few decades and it will continue to do so. This can be due to improvement in the field of the medical sector and various other factors as well. As a result, the aged are likely to suffer from problems related to health and health care, family composition, so on and so forth. In India, traditionally the concept of ‘Joint family’ was practised but with the advent of urbanization, modernization, industrialization, and globalization, there have been major structural and functional transformations in the family. The joint family system is disappearing in the course of time as the people now do not have time for their family because of their work as they have to stay away from their family in different places. People have started believing in ‘Nuclear family’ system because the standard and cost of living have gone high and working class people are not being able to look after their large family. This has led to the elderly people shift to the old age homes either forcefully or sometimes by their own choice (which is very rare). The elderly people suffer a lot emotionally. They go through a traumatic phase. At this stage of life, elderly people need a lot of care, love, support, and affection from their family. Deprivation from all these leads to depression, anxiety and sleep disorder and various other health problems like diabetes, hyper-tension, and high/low pressure, etc. including mental problems among the elderly people. There is an immense need for proper human rights and health policies for the well-being and upliftment of the health of older people.
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老龄化及其对阿萨姆邦古瓦哈提养老院老年公民健康的影响
衰老是一个不可避免的自然过程。每个出生在这个世界上的人最终都会随着时间的推移而变老。在过去的几十年里,印度的人口结构发生了迅速的变化,老年人口的增长率正在逐渐增加,并将继续这样做。这可能是由于医疗部门领域的改善以及各种其他因素。因此,老年人很可能遭受与健康和保健、家庭组成等有关的问题。在印度,传统上实行“共同家庭”的概念,但随着城市化、现代化、工业化和全球化的到来,家庭的结构和功能发生了重大变化。随着时间的推移,共同家庭制度正在消失,因为人们现在因为工作而没有时间陪伴家人,因为他们不得不远离家人在不同的地方。人们开始相信“核心家庭”制度,因为生活水平和成本已经很高,工人阶级无法照顾他们的大家庭。这导致老年人要么被迫要么有时是自己选择(这是非常罕见的)转移到养老院。老年人在情感上很痛苦。他们会经历一个创伤阶段。在人生的这个阶段,老年人需要来自家人的关怀、爱、支持和感情。剥夺所有这些会导致抑郁、焦虑、睡眠障碍和各种其他健康问题,如糖尿病、高度紧张、高压/低压等,包括老年人的精神问题。亟需制定适当的人权和保健政策,以增进老年人的福祉和健康。
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