Open AccessGeriatric club attached to a primary care hospital as an effort to physically, socially, and mentally engage elderly: A case study from Kerala, India
Author(s) -
Lakshmi Premnazir,
Arun S Nair,
Sujith Suji,
Amrita Das,
S Divyamol,
PS Rakesh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_172_18
Subject(s) - club , medicine , geriatric depression scale , mental health , depression (economics) , gerontology , psychiatry , cognition , depressive symptoms , macroeconomics , economics , anatomy
Ageing leads to physiological, social and mental changes. The case study shares experiences about the development and evolution of a 'geriatric club' attached to a primary health centre in Kerala, India and the early outcomes noticed among the members of the geriatric club.