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8 symptoms in old age that warrant attention  

October 1 is International Day of Older persons.

Often old age comes with problems, and mostly health related. Many a times, we miss out on things that are obvious. Especially after those youthful days when one had the attitude of ‘come what may’. Here are some old age signs you should not miss out on, and seek immediate medical attention for.

Low mood 

Due to the many health problems at their age and the on and off aches and pains they experience, we expect a grumpy mood in most elders to be normal. However, that isn’t how it should be. If you notice your otherwise cheerful parent, elderly relative or neighbour appearing sullen, it’s worth probing further and also seeking medical advice if things remain unchanged for long. Elders could feel low or depressed due to loneliness, feeling of worthlessness or troubled relationships at home. Often these aspects are overlooked by them and their family as well. (Read: Ten sure-shot ways to age healthy)

Memory loss

We all forget things occasionally but this is one of the most common and challenging problems of the geriatric population world over. If the person forgets names of people who s/he regularly interacts with or memory of very recent events then it could be concerning. Forgetting things like where did they place something or why did they enter the room is normal. But if they lose the trail of a sentence during their speech or forget words it could be a sign of dementia.

Lack of care 

A sudden drop in the way your ageing parents dress or take care of the home should call for your attention. If you notice a lack of interest in bathing, brushing, dressing neatly then the reason should be probed. Also, if your parents have been living by themselves, keep checking on the condition of the house, especially the bathroom and the kitchen. The reason for this decline could be that they have lost confidence to manage on their own and it’s time they moved in with you or arrange for an outside support to help them with their daily chores. (Read: 56% elderly abused by their sons)

Loss of sensation

If your elderly parent is unable to taste excess salt in the food, or has hurt himself and isn’t feeling any pain it calls for serious attention. Some amount of sensory loss is normal and expected as you age but if this becomes a hindrance then it should be fixed. For instance, loss of hearing has to be fixed with a hearing aid even if it is only a partial loss. Loss of sensation of touch should be diagnosed by an expert and treated. If not it could lead to accidents as the person may use too hot water in the bath or touch a hot utensil in the kitchen causing a burn and not even be aware of it.

Loss of appetite 

Again just like children are fussy about the foods they eat, elderly become picky about foods and their appetite changes and reduces from what it used to be. If this is due to dental problems such as caries or absence of teeth, it could be fixed and normal appetite can be restored. However if the loss of appetite is due to indigestion, inability to procure or cook foods of their liking or a general loss of interest due to loneliness or depression, these concerns need to be addressed separately. They may also have a lack of taste which may make all foods taste bland. 

Mobility 

One of the biggest challenges in the elderly is to prevent a fall. Like children, the elderly are very prone to falls and with weak bones they are at higher risk of fractures and head injuries. If balance is not good, physiotherapy exercises can help to restore balance. Home environment plays an important role in fall prevention.

Loss of control in urine and stool

Loss of control over urine is a common problem with the elderly. In men it can be due to prostate, and in women it can be due to stress incontinence. It can happen as a result of an illness like pneumonia as well. A quick discussion, during the doctor’s visit, on this is very important to prevent emergencies like acute retention of urine. Due to embarrassment your parents may not disclose this complaint to you, so look for signs such as soiled clothes or bed linen.

Making the home safe for the elderly

Encourage them to wear shoes that fit properly and wear non-slip footwear while at home
Wipe spills immediately, do not leave it for later
If possible, opt for non-polished floors
Leave on the lights in the bathroom and passages
Use door locks that can be opened from both sides in bathrooms and bedrooms
Keep emergency phone numbers written in big bold fonts, and stick it near the phone
Keep a fire extinguisher handy at home
Clean bathrooms regularly to avoid slipping
Install and use hand rails in bathrooms
Remove rugs to avoid tripping over
Use bright lights
Keep an emergency lamp near the bed.
In the kitchen
Keep kitchen floors uncluttered
Stick ‘On’ and ‘Off’ position stickers on electrical appliances written in bright colours
Keep sharp objects in one rack
Use labels for items that are kept in opaque boxes
Keep cleaning materials tightly closed and away from food materials
Use cotton clothing and aprons while cooking
Check expiry dates of packaged food.
There’s a lot you can do for the elders of your family and community to make them feel comfortable, wanted and secure. But the best thing you can give them is some of your time, spent meaningfully with them. (Read: International Day of Older Persons: Living old age with dignity)
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The much-awaited official notification of the revised central government pay rules is expected to be issued this Friday. The notification with regard to the Sixth Pay Commission award is ready and is currently being approved by statutory authorities.
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Sources said the dearness allowance effective this July is also likely to be announced the same day.
On August 14, the Union Cabinet had approved an improved and tweaked version of the Sixth Pay Commission award with effect from January 1, 2006.
Consequently, an estimated 4.6 million central government employees will receive a raise of 28-40 per cent over their existing basic pay. Employees will start receiving their higher salaries and allowances with effect from this September.
Sources added the first instalment of arrears of Rs 11,748 crore will be paid in cash with effect from September as announced earlier. There had been some apprehensions that with the upcoming fifteenth session of the Lok Sabha scheduled to begin on October 17, Parliamentary sanction for the additional spending sought under the supplementary demand for grants would somehow delay the arrears payment.
However, sources said the arrears would be paid from the salary account of the government.
The Cabinet had decided to issue arrears in cash over two years — 2008-09 and 2009-10 — with the first instalment of 40 per cent being paid by September and the balance next year.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government’s wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Of the Rs 15,700 crore, the first installment of arrears will account for Rs 8,048 crore. Of the Rs 6,400 crore impact on the railway budget, Rs 3,700 crore will be arrears.
The annualised impact of the new salary structure is estimated at Rs 17,798 crore, adding to the approximate Rs 1,04,000 crore annual pay, allowances and pension bill of the Centre.

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by Hari Omon 03 Oct 2013


On September 30, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted by the Special CBI court in the over Rs 900 crore fodder scam and sent to Birsa Munda Jail, Ranchi, Jharkhand, the same day. The judicial process took 17 long years to bring Lalu Prasad Yadav to justice. The CBI court will announce the quantum of sentence today (October 3).

But one thing is clear: Lalu Yadav will remain in jail for a minimum period of three years in case the higher court rejects his appeal against the conviction. Lalu Yadav’s son Tejasvi Yadav told reporters after the judgment was delivered that his father will challenge the judgment as “he is innocent”.  

The response to the long-awaited conviction of Lalu Yadav from the general public and various political parties was along expected lines. The general public welcomed the verdict, while most political parties said the law took its own course and nobody is above law. The BJP hailed the conviction and said it would help check corrupt elements in the system and promote probity in public life. Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley called it a “watershed moment”.

Congress spokespersons and ministers, without exception, said the party “does not comment” on judicial processes and that they had nothing to say about the conviction. They tried to fool the politically conscious and awakened nation by saying shamelessly that Congress “doesn’t interfere” in judicial processes, though they surely aware that Congress governments under Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh made a mockery of the justice system by amending and murdering the Constitution and taking the Ordinance route to communalise the polity and society and nullify various landmark court judgments, including the Allahabad High Court verdict that unseated Indira Gandhi in 1975, the 1985 Supreme Court verdict that upheld the maintenance lawsuit of poor Shah Bano during the regime of Rajiv Gandhi and the July 10, 2013 Supreme Court judgment that barred convicted lawmakers from continuing in Parliament and state assemblies and from contesting elections if convicted for two years and more.

However, it the political guru of Sonia Gandhi’s incapable, uninspiring and controversial son Rahul Gandhi, the vice president of the Congress, who took an independent line from other party leaders. Digvijay Singh bemoaned the arrest of Lalu Yadav and shamelessly said deemed his conviction as the outcome of a “conspiracy”.

Who conspired against the RJD chief who had remained loyal to the Congress and defended the corrupt and anti-democratic UPA Government to the hilt? Did the Government of Jharkhand, of which the Congress and RJD are important constituents, manipulate the CBI? Did the JDU Government in Bihar, which has become part of the fast-crumbling and hated UPA for all practical purposes, interfere and influence the Special CBI court? Or, did the Congress-led UPA, which is known for misusing the CBI, hatch a conspiracy against Lalu Yadav? The question of the governments in Jharkhand and Bihar influencing or manipulating the Ranchi-based Special CBI court doesn’t arise at all.

As for the Congress-led UPA Government, it did its best to protect the RJD chief and its own MP, Rashid Masud, who was involved in a scam over medical seat admissions. Indeed, the party was willing to put its little credibility at stake to save these persons, as can be seen from the actions of the UPA Government and the Congress after July 10. Congress spokespersons and ministers, without any exception, opposed the July 10 Supreme Court judgment and tried to mislead the nation by interpreting the historic decision as an interference in the working of the Government.

The UPA regime went to extent of filing a review petition before the Supreme Court, which on September 5 upheld its earlier judgment. A bench comprising Justices AK Patnaik and SJ Mukhopadhyaya said it was “not inclined” to grant a review of the court’s July 10 decision that struck down a provision in the Representation of the People Act (RPA) allowing lawmakers to continue in office for three months even after being convicted.

The Congress Core Group comprising party president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ministers P Chidambaram, Sushil Kumar Shinde, AK Anthony, and political secretary Ahmed Patel, had discussed the implications of the judgment on the stability of the regime on September 20m and approved the Ordinance before putting it on the Cabinet agenda.

The Union Cabinet met on September 25 under the chairmanship of the pliable Prime Minister, who heads the most corrupt government and is very appreciative of Lalu Yadav, and cleared the Ordinance. It was forwarded to President Pranab Mukherjee to sign so that it could be quickly promulgated. It was the Congress and the UPA’s last ditch effort to protect the RJD chief, an unholy attempt that was opposed tooth and nail by the BJP.

That is why a BJP delegation consisting of former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, rushed to the President on September 26 and urged him not to sign the proposed Ordinance. It was fairly apparent that President Mukherjee was in accord with the BJP’s stand and that he raised questions over the timing and need for the Ordinance.

President Mukherjee had called Home Minister SK Shinde, Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath the same day and virtually expressed his unwillingness to approve the controversial Ordinance and promulgate it before September 30, the day the Special CBI court was to deliver its judgment in the fodder scam involving over 40 politicians, including former Chief Ministers Lalu Yadav and Jagannath Mishra, and several bureaucrats. One report suggested that he proposed to discuss the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his return from the United States. All this should leave none in doubt that the Congress and the UPA Government conspired against the judicial system to protect the RJD chief.

So who, according to Digvijay Singh, hatched a conspiracy against Lalu Yadav, and even against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet of sycophants? The obvious answer is Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi did not say one word against the July 10 Supreme Court verdict and kept his mouth shut when the UPA Government filed a review petition, and again when the Lok Sabha discussed the issue and the Congress Core Group decided to follow the Ordinance route.

But suddenly on September 27, Rahul Gandhi made an unscheduled visit to the Press Club of India where Congress’ chief spokesperson Ajay Maken was defending the Ordinance route, and decisively thrashed the Ordinance: “Now, I will tell you (reporters) what is my opinion on the Ordinance. It is complete nonsense; it should be torn up and thrown away”. This outburst changed the whole situation with Congress ministers and spokespersons shamelessly made a complete U-turn saying what “Rahulji said was the party line”, thus undermining the office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet system of governance.

It is hardly necessary to point out that both the mother and the son and their advisors, who had felt the pulse of President Mukherjee, decided to ditch the Prime Minister and undermine his Cabinet in a desperate bid to save the Congress from further embarrassment. Political expediency compelled the mother-son team, who symbolise the corruption and evil of the regime, to dump their most dependable ally, Lalu Yadav, and cultivate the rank-opportunist Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and project themselves as crusaders against corruption.

If Digvijay Singh has the courage of conviction, he should name those who conspired against the RJD chief. But he will not do that because he knows well that the conspiracy against Manmohan Singh and his government and Lalu Prasad Yadav was hatched at the official residences of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Of course, to say all this is not to suggest that Lalu Yadav is innocent. He is not. He, like most of those who control the Congress and the UPA Government, is corrupt to the core. 
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