Initiatives to promote Ageing issues in CSR unit and Media sector

Recently attended two interesting workshops on Ageing issues at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Both workshops were organized under the UNFPA-ISEC-TISS-IEG Collaborative Project on Elder Advocacy. 

The first workshop was on CSR and Ageing, which was attended by Researchers, Academicians, CSR and NGO professionals.  The discussions in this workshop were mainly focussed upon inclusion of elder friendly projects in the CSR unit of a company.

The second workshop was on Media and Ageing, it was attended by professionals from Media sector, Media Faculty, Researchers and Academicians.  Main aim of this workshop was to sensitize the media on ageing issues and to encourage them to cover elder specific news items mainly on positive topics.

More and more such workshops are required to bring ageing issues in the forefront and also to address the needs and rights of older persons for promotion of healthy and productive ageing.

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Ageing in India: Concerns and Challenges

Sharing my paper "Ageing in India: Concerns and Challenges" (http://www.slideshare.net/DrNidhiMishra/ageing-in-india-dr-nidhi-mishra), which is recently published in BOLD, a quarterly journal of the United Nations International Institute on Ageing, Malta. 

This paper gives an overview of the situation of older persons (60+) in India with a special focus on demographic, psycho-social and policy issues related to the elderly in India. It also highlights the various challenges faced at micro and macro level towards the promotion of the health and well-being of older persons in India. In addition to this, it covers the contribution of various role players such as older persons, family, educational institutions, civil society, for-profit ventures and government in facing those challenges.In the end, based on the review of the situation of older persons in India, it suggests some action points which can be taken as a way forward towards promoting the health and well-being of older persons. 

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Slowing of Ageing process through Jogging

Great news for all those health conscious 60+ people who want to keep themselves healthy by exercise and jogging.

In a recent study done at Humboldt State University on 60+ people, it was found by researchers that jogging at the age of sixties and seventies could help slow down the ageing process. 

For more details please read:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2843484/Slow-ageing-process-feel-like-20-70s-jogging.html

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