Human life, in all its stages, is blessed with growth and development. Ageing is one of the significant stages of this process. It is a universal phenomenon applicable to all living organisms. The United Nations declared, the year 1999 as 'International Year of Older Persons'. It focused on "Towards a society for all ages" where young and old get mutual help in bringing equal social order of the society. Hence, India formulated, the National Policy on ...
