CONTENTS Preface ix Contributorsxiii 1 Senile Miseries and Ways for Resolution 1 Dimple Saluja 2 Clothing for Elderly People: A Challenge 9 Madhu Sharan 3 Health Promotion for the Aged: Problems and Solutions in Indian Scenario 15 Pallavi Mehta and Komal Chauhan 4 Common First Aid Tips for Elderly 27 Mona Mehta 5 Changes in Clothing Interest of Women during Old Age: A Study 44 Shivani Verma and Vandana R. Chauhan 6 Economically Designed Toilet Chair: A Remedy to Avoid Accidents Among Old Age People 56 Nirmal Kaur and Promila Sharma 7 Elderly and Recreation 63 Babita Shukla 8 Ageing Workforce in the German Labour Market: Review of Intervention Strategies Adopted by Prestigious German Organizations 73 Meeta Agarwal and Veena Gandotra 9 Clothing for Third Age Women 82 Parul Dave and Vandana R. Chauhan 10 Late Middle Age: A Turning Point for Changes in Lifestyle, Diet, Physical Activity and Disease 147 Vanisha S. Nambiar 11 Greying Community of India 157 Varsha Parikh 12 Role and Status of Aged Women: An Analysis of Preferred and Performed Home Role 171 Minojci Pathak, Ira Bora and Ruplekha Borah 13 Mismatch between Anthropometric Measurements and Dimensions of Toilet Chair: A Cause of Accidents 182 Nirmal Kaur and Promila Sharma 14 Old Age Homes of Baroda: First Hand Encounter 187 Rameshwari Pandya 15 Accidents Among Old Age People While Using Indian Toilet 207 Nirmal Kaur and Promila Sharma 16 Solitude in Old Age 211 Urvashi Pande 17 Age Defying Foods 223 S. Nambiar 18 Time-Use Pattern of Women in the Third Age 231 Maneesha Shukul and Veena Gandotra 19 Safety Measures for Elderly in Old Age Homes 241 Shewanti N. Kashyap index 265