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Saturday, June 9, 2012

How the fight for Old Age Pension System in India is related to Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia awareness?

"Govt's old-age pension scheme: It’s a fruitless wait, but he won’t stop hoping", Rukmini Shrinivasan, Times of India, Jun 8, 2012.

"Originally from Bihar's Bhojpur district, Gupta (70) and his wife Shanti Devi (65), left their son and village behind 20 years ago when they could no longer make ends meet from labouring on the fields of the landed."... 

..."His biggest worry at the moment is the uncontrollable tremor that his left hand has recently developed. 

"I find it very difficult to load my cart or do any heavy work with this hand. If it gets worse, I don't know how we will feed ourselves," he says."...

Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govts-old-age-pension-scheme-Its-a-fruitless-wait-but-he-wont-stop-hoping/articleshow/13916044.cms

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