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Elderly

  • Foreigners shoulder health and care work in the UK, but immigration crackdown could deter them

    Foreigners shoulder health and care work in the UK, but immigration crackdown could deter them

    Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Feb 04, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Coronavirus: SC orders private hospitals to prioritise admissions to elderly

    Coronavirus: SC orders private hospitals to prioritise admissions to elderly

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 04, 2021 · 09:59 pm
  • Indian workplaces have an ageism problem

    Indian workplaces have an ageism problem

    Diksha Madhok, qz.com
    · Sep 30, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • In Singapore, community gardens are helping the elderly deal with depression and loneliness

    In Singapore, community gardens are helping the elderly deal with depression and loneliness

    Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Aug 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • India’s public policy is failing to help its exploding elderly population

    India’s public policy is failing to help its exploding elderly population

    Shone Satheesh Joel George
    · Oct 27, 2017 · 09:15 am
  • The elderly in India’s informal workforce often can’t retire, even if they want to

    The elderly in India’s informal workforce often can’t retire, even if they want to

    Kinjal Sampat, Indiaspend.com Nandini Dey, Indiaspend.com
    · Apr 21, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • 'I don’t like it. I am not in the habit': Cashless push gets a thumbs down from the elderly

    'I don’t like it. I am not in the habit': Cashless push gets a thumbs down from the elderly

    Bhavya Dore
    · Dec 26, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Falling fertility rate and growing life expectancy are contributing to an ageing India

    Falling fertility rate and growing life expectancy are contributing to an ageing India

    Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
    · May 04, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Five charts show how the elderly in India are growing – as is their dependence on young people

    Five charts show how the elderly in India are growing – as is their dependence on young people

    Mayank Jain
    · Apr 24, 2016 · 08:30 pm