Abstract

A REVIEW FOR ADAPTATION OF LIFESTYLE THROUGH AYURVEDA IN GERIATRICS

*Dr. Ankit Lakra, Dr. Subhasini, Dr. Vishnu Choudhary and Pulkit Lakra

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Abstract

Ageing is the progressive change in an organism that leads to an increased risk of debility, disease and death. In the most acceptable idea it is just a part of the life cycle; that is a person born, goes through childhood, adolescence and adulthood and at a certain period begins to age. In the present era, improvements in life expectancy have increased the proportion of older people in the population. It is not the ageing but the consequences of ageing which make panic the peoples in old age. Therefore, disorders, rather than normal ageing, are the primary cause of functional loss during old age. Geriatric medicine is concerned mainly with frail older people, in whom reductions in physiological capacity increase susceptibility to disease and mortality. These patients frequently suffer from multiple co-morbidities, and illness often presents in atypical ways with confusion, dementia, depression, delirium, incontinence, vertigo, spontaneous bone fractures, falls or loss of mobility & neglect and abuse. Ayurveda has given unique importance to geriatric care. In Ayurveda the concept of anti-ageing is embodied in Rasayana Chikitsa, Panchkarma therapies, Yoga and an elaborate description is available on personal hygiene encompassing diet and regimen of Dinacharya, Ritucharya and Sadvritta. These are a wholesome set of rules which can retard premature ageing as well as troubles associated with it. The Present paper is an effort towards re-establishing the role of Ayurveda in alleviating age- related disorders and its uses in Geriatric health and care potential.

Keywords: Ageing; Ayurveda; Dinacharya; Rasayana; Yoga.