Vulnerable In Autumn - Understanding The Elderly

Dr Jitendra Nagpal, MD, DNB, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Incharge, Institute of Mental Health & Life Skills Promotion, Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi is the Program Director, Expressions India - The National Life Skills, Community & School Wellness Program. Dr Nagpal has been in the Services planning, Training Groups and on board with many committees under the MHRD, MoHFW, Ministry of WCD, Social Justice, CBSE, NCERT & UGC etc. He has developed various programs and training manuals under the MHRD for school based implementation of Health, Safety & Well Being Programs. He has been instrumental in developing the 'Health & Physical Education Guidelines' under the National Curriculum Framework of NCERT.

Ms. Aprajita Dixit is a Child and Adolescent Psychologist, Family Counsellor and Academic Coordinator of Expressions India. She was involved as a Holistic Health, Wellness Counsellor in the SMARTGRAM Project based on The Rashtrapati Bhavan Smart Township Experience. With an MPhil in Clinical Psychology from Postgraduate Institute of Behavioural and Medical Sciences, Raipur and an Advance Diploma in Child Guidance and Counselling from National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), she is a Team Member in developing the Mental Health & Safety Manual content for CBSE and has developed the Peer Educators' Manual for Life Skills Promotion and School Mental Health Promotion in India. Editor of Indian Journal of School Health and Wellbeing and Adolescents & Youth Today Enriching the Life Skills Paradigm, she is also co-author of A Handbook on The Charm of Positive Parenting, Let's Talk about Depression, FAQs on Common Adolescent Issues (Vol 1 & Vol 2), Prevention & Intervention of CHILD ABUSE, and Study Skills for Learning Environment. She has also conducted a series of training programmes for the empowerment of Teachers, Parents & Counsellors about POCSO Act & Allied Safety Curriculum at various fora.

EIderly population is the most significant emerging demographic phenomenon in the world today. By 2050, the proportion of older persons (60 years and older) is projected to rise to 21.1 per cent, which will be two billion in number. Asia has the largest number of world's elderly population (53 per cent). This pressure of increasing numbers of elderly will intensify in the next fifty years.

Old age presents its special and unique problems but these may have been aggravated due to the Global Pandemic Coronavirus leading to a number of changes in different aspects of living conditions. The needs and problems of the elderly vary significantly according to their age, socio-economic status, health, living status and other such background characteristics. Hence, it becomes paramount to understand the Psychosocial Impact of Coronavirus on Elderly People.

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