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1. Role of Family & Community in Elderly Care

2. Who is considered to be old aged?
• The UN has not adopted any standard criterion
• 60+ years to refer to the older population (WHO
2014.)

3. Divided into different groups.
• Biological Ageing
• Biological aging is concerned with changes occurring in the structure and functions of the
human body;
• Pshycological Ageing
• Pshysiological aging is concerned with individual and behavioral changes
• Emotional Ageing
• Emotional aging describes changes in one’s attitude and lifestyle dependent on one’s self-
perception of being old
• Functional Ageing
• Functional aging is the comparison of individuals of the same age group in terms of those
within the group being unable to maintain their functions in society (Ayranci, U & Ozdag, N
2004.)

4. Statistic of Elders
• Active Ageing: A Policy Framework 2002
• In 2010-524 million people were aged 65 or older- 8 percent of the world’s
population
• By 2050-1.5 billion
• Declines in fertility and improvements in longevity
• Entry into nursing homes strongly increases with age, especially among the oldest
elderly.

5. Problems with Old Age
• Memory loss
• Dementia
• Alziemers
--Factors relating to these outcomes.
-- similar to behavior of a child

6. Family
Families are resilient and resourceful groups that connect us to the past and to the future in
personally meaningful ways.
• Have a support system:
• Periodic visits to the doctor:
• Exercise and healthy diet:
• Ensure fall prevention:
• Encourage physical activity:
It is obliged and responsible to take care of the elderly based on our culture.

7. Community
Staying socially connected is essential at any stage of life but is of particular
importance in the elderly. As we grow older, connections with family and friends
tend to slip away, and for those in aged care, this can be quite isolating.
• Assist with housework or yard work
• Participate in an intergenerational service project
• Health club (yoga, recreational activities, etc)
• Teach computer and internet skills
• Help with errands and transportation

8. One important role to be played(Community)
• Promotes emotional wellness
As we age, relationships and friendships
change and sometimes slip away altogether.
altogether. By participating in regular group
activities including social outings, arts and
crafts activities, cooking classes and exercise
exercise programs to name a few, emotional
emotional wellness can be supported wholly
wholly and those in aged care feel a real
sense of belonging, and part of an inclusive
community.

9. Importance of Yoga
• Yama
• Niyama
• Asana
• Dhyana
• Dharana
• Pranayama
• Pratiyahara
• Samadhi

10. Yamas - Social duties
• Ahimsa - Non-violence
• Satya - Truth
• Asteya - Not stealing
• Brahmacharya - Celibacy
• Aparigraha - Not coveting or possessing

11. Niyamas - Persnoal rules
• Shaucha (cleanliness): Maintaining physical purity (external cleansing through bathing and
internal cleaning through drinking water) and purity of the environment in which we live as
well as mental purity- being free from anxieties
• Santosha (happiness, contentment): Being unconditionally happy - no matter what - and
realizing our true nature
• Tapaha (penance, spiritual austerities): Burning of negative thoughts through discipline
and austerity so that we can go deep within our Self, reposing in silence
• Svadhyaya (self-study): Reading scriptures but learning through experiences and reading,
to gain a better understanding of the Self
• Ishvara pranidhana (devotion or surrender to the Divine): Seeing life in the context of the
vast universe - diving into the infinite and vast consciousness that is filled with love,
beauty, and truth, and surrendering to it

12. • 3. Asanas - Physical postures
• 4. Pranayama - Control of breath

13. 5. Pratyahara - Conscious withdrawal of
senses
• Annamaya Kosha - the food sheath
• Pranamaya Kosha - the breath sheath
• Manomaya Kosha - the mind sheath
• Vijnyanmaya Kosha - the intellect sheath
• Anandamaya Kosha - the bliss sheath

14. • 6. Dharana - Attention
• 7. Dhyana - Meditation
• 8. Samadhi - Absorption with the Self

15. Few Sectors for development
• Personality and Self Esteem
• Minimalism
• Manner and Disciplined
• Time bound
• Appreciation and Positivity.
• Inter Ethnic social gatherings
• Art and Culture Film Industries can Influence

16. Globalization
• Why Globalization
• Factors
• Changes(Mentality, influence culture, etc)
• Empowerment

17. Thank you
References
Pukhrambam Birpradash(Assist. Professor, Master in Yoga, Bachelor's Thesis Sunita Gurung & Sudha Ghimire