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Ayurveda AND GERIATRIC CARE - As sustainable development
Longevity is a global phenomenon and a success of the 20th century, but which has created enormous challenges to protecting and improving the quality of life for older men and women in new emerging developing nations such as India. WHO defines active ageing as “the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age”. India is in a phase of demographic transition. As per the 1991 census, the population of the elderly in India was 57 million as compared with 20 million in 1951. There has been a sharp increase in the number of elderly persons between 1991 and 2001 and it has been projected that by the year 2050, the number of elderly people would rise to about 324 million. India has thus acquired the label of .an ageing nation. with 7.7% of its population being more than 60 years old. The demographic transition is attributed to the decreasing fertility and mortality rates due to the availability of better health care services.
The biggest challenge with geriatric problem is that in most of the cases the condition cannot be attributed to a single cause or in certain conditions of neuro-psychiatric disorders like, Senile dementia, Alzheimer’s depression, the structural cause is unknown.
Rasayana therapy of Ayurveda is a dedicated stream of medication for immune promotive, antidegenerative and rejuvenative health care and is known for preventing the effects of ageing and improving the quality of life of healthy as well as diseased individuals. Scientific studies have proven the efficacious role of Rasayana remedies in the management of chronic life style related diseases and degenerative changes
The second approach of Ayurveda, which is quite popular today, is called Vataatapika Rasayana – which can go along with the normal day to day life. Describing the effects of Rasayana, the classical texts of Ayurveda say that from Rasayana one attains longevity, improved harmony and intelligence, freedom from disorder, youthful vigor, excellence of luster, complexion and voice, optimum strength of physique and senses, command over language, respectability and brilliance.
Health through active life style
There are various elements describe in Ayurveda following which elderly people can lead to healthy life ,yoga and pranayam helps in removing and improving various diseases like hypertension diabetes asthma etc Dincharya describe in Ayurveda helps in controlling disease aggravation and leads to helthy life.
How we can improve geriatric programme through Ayurveda
The biggest challenge in the contemporary application of Ayurvedic geriatrics would be to come up with protocols to document, diagnose in an integrative framework and manage geriatric problems
- Trans-disciplinary research
- Advanced treatment centers and
- Specialized postgraduate educationThere is a very urgent need to establish centers in the country that would engage in the kind of trans-disciplinary research that we are envisaging in order to take
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Introduction
Geriatric care is defined as taking proper care of elderly people and their health and other needs of their age Longevity is a global phenomenon and a success of the 20th century, but which has created enormous challenges to protecting and improving the quality of life for older men and women in new emerging developing nations such as India.
Role of Ayurveda in geriatric Car
A holistic system like Ayurveda approaches this condition through two-fold methods. One is a radical approach in which it recharges the whole metabolic process of the body by eliminating the toxins from the system by a three to four months rigorous and organized process known as Kutipraveeshika Rasayana .
The second approach of Ayurveda, which is quite popular today, is called Vataatapika Rasayana
Which can go along with the normal day to day life. This type of Rasayana is particularly important in the current scenario, as it is has a relatively easy mode of administration without any restrictive pre-conditions. In this study we worked on second type of method, assessing their health on the basis of their regular routine.
Sample size : Study conducted on 50 individuals including male and female above 60 years Method – questionnaire were filled Study is conducted in local hospital of Chandigarh.