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Mundada PS, Sharma S, Gupta B, et al. Review of health-care services for older population in India and possibility of incorporating AYUSH in public health system for geriatric care. Ayu. 2021;41(1):3-11doi: 10.4103/ayu.AYU_172_16.
Mundada, P. S., Sharma, S., Gupta, B., Padhi, M. M., Dey, A. B., & Dhiman, K. S. (2020). Review of health-care services for older population in India and possibility of incorporating AYUSH in public health system for geriatric care. Ayu, 41(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.4103/ayu.AYU_172_16
Mundada, Pallavi Suresh, et al. "Review of health-care services for older population in India and possibility of incorporating AYUSH in public health system for geriatric care." Ayu vol. 41,1 (2020): 3-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/ayu.AYU_172_16
Mundada PS, Sharma S, Gupta B, Padhi MM, Dey AB, Dhiman KS. Review of health-care services for older population in India and possibility of incorporating AYUSH in public health system for geriatric care. Ayu. 2020 Jan-Mar;41(1):3-11. doi: 10.4103/ayu.AYU_172_16. Epub 2021 Jul 30. PMID: 34566378; PMCID: PMC8415232.
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Ayu. 2020 Jan-Mar;41(1):3-11. doi: 10.4103/ayu.AYU_172_16. Epub 2021 Jul 30.

Review of health-care services for older population in India and possibility of incorporating AYUSH in public health system for geriatric care.

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Pallavi Suresh Mundada, Sakshi Sharma, Bharti Gupta, M M Padhi, Aparajit B Dey, K S Dhiman

Affiliations

  1. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  2. Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, CCRAS, New Delhi, India.
  3. Department of Geriatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 34566378 PMCID: PMC8415232 DOI: 10.4103/ayu.AYU_172_16

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In a developing country like India, which has 10.11% population of >60 years age and a projection of rise of the same by 300% in 2050, health care of elderly is an enormous challenge. The developed world has evolved many models for elderly care, for example, nursing home care, health insurance, etc. Indian Government has also taken multiple measures in this direction by initiating National Policy on Older Persons, 1999, the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, the Old Age Pension Scheme, Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana 2017, etc. However, there is a necessity that, India must rapidly adapt to the complex health related, social and economic challenges caused by these demographic changes. This may be an opportunity for innovation in the health system by developing a perspective for healthy and active aging, though it is a major challenge. Health care of the older people cannot be achieved unless total health, i.e., physical, social, economic, psychological, and spiritual aspects are addressed.

OBJECTIVE: The objective is to study current policies regarding geriatric health care in India and to propose the possibility to develop a model to provide comprehensive and dedicated health-care services to the older population by integrating conventional and indigenous systems of medicine dwelling in the country.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Electronic search in various scientific journals for research and review articles; electronic along with hand searching of conference proceedings, brochures, government policy documents, press releases, Ayurveda classical texts, etc., regarding geriatric health care in India and model health-care facilities in other countries and regarding of AYUSH systems in geriatric health care in India.

RESULTS: There is an urgent need of adaptation and modification in the National Health System to cater the actual requirements of the elderly with plans and strategies dedicated to face their health-related challenges. Adoption of inclusive health-care interventions, can improve health outcomes by making it more acceptable, accessible, and affordable.

CONCLUSION: Integration of AYUSH at various levels of health-care delivery system can potentially contribute to provide unique newer dimensions to the field of geriatric care in India.

Copyright: © 2021 AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda).

Keywords: AYUSH; Aging; Ayurveda; Panchakarma; Rasayana; geriatric; indigenous medicine

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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