Ageing

The present study was conducted to evaluate the role of Majoon Falasfa in health promotion of elderly. A randomized single-blind placebo controlled trial was carried out on 30 patients at National Institute of Unani Medicine Bangalore. After obtaining ethical clearance, 30 eligible patients were randomly assigned into test and control groups. Test group was  administered with 10 gm  of Majoon  Falasfa  orally in the morning  and  same  dose  in the evening for two months while control  group was given placebo for the same period of time as that of test drug. Written informed consent was sought from every subject before inclusion in the study. Present study was completed within a period of one year. Response was measured by the assessment of Haemoglobin%, Physical activity score, Appetite score, Weight, Dementia score and Grip strength score. Patients were called for follow up on every 15th day. The results were statistically analyzed by applying Student’s ‘t’ test, two tailed dependent for intra group comparison and two tailed independent for intergroup comparison. Test group showed strongly significant increase in Weight (p

The phenomenon of ageing is gradually becoming a challenge worldwide, especially for developing countries like India.  It is estimated that the elderly population will contribute 19% of the total population by 2050 against the current contribution of merely 8%. This exponential growth in the elderly population is sure to pose some serious socio–economic challenges for India. The burgeoning elderly population in India faces many issues like poor access to healthcare facilities, concern for healthcare, financial insecurity, isolation, domestic abuse, low self-esteem, neglect and idleness. This paper makes as effort to highlight the issues of elderly and their root cause. The various measures needed to be adopted to bring a change in the current miserable state of the elderly. The Government intervention required to reframe the existing policies and bring into new reforms to provide a secure and health life to the people in their golden years. The paper aims to encourage the readers to bring a step forward today, to secure their tomorrow.