makes life challenging for the elderly. Pakistan’s demographic trends show that between 1990 till 2010‚ the population aged 60+ years increased by 75.1 %. It is projected that the life expectancy will increase to 72 years by 2023. WHO report (1998) projected that 5.6 % of Pakistan’s population was over 60 years of age‚ with a probability of doubling to 11 % by the year 2025. Pakistan is a socially cohesive society and elders are valued and respected. It is normally considered to be the responsibility
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Lisa’s McDonald’s for the special offer. But now almost as many of them are coming every day – turning the fast-food restaurant into a meeting place. They sit for hours with a cup of coffee‚ chatting with friends. On most days‚ as many as 100 will stay from one to four hours. Lisa’s employees have been very friendly to the seniors‚ calling them by their first names and visiting with them each day. In fact‚ Lisa’s McDonald’s is a happy place – with her employees developing close relationships with the
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Thirty Years War. The end of the Thirty Years War produced a number of dramatic consequences and altered Western Europe in significant religious‚ political‚ and social ways. Generally speaking‚ the post-war period produced the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the subsequent fall of the Hapsburg powers. The later divisions that occurred made Europe more like it is now with the Catholic areas in the south and the Lutherans farther north and more importantly‚ it took the central power from the
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The film 12 Years of Slave is based on the life of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) born a free man in upstate New York‚ was a laborer and also an accomplished violin player. In 1841 he was drugged‚ kidnapped‚ and subsequently sold into slavery. For the next twelve years he exhibited courage‚ determination‚ endurance of extreme cruelty and unimaginable hardships before returning to his wife and children. During the 1840’s era‚ there some free Blacks who reside in the North that lived in deplorable
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Old Age Homes in India Q1- How many old age homes in India? Ans- Old Age Home refers to a multi-residence nursing home for old people‚ which is also known as retirement home. Each couple or person lives here in a room which is either apartment style or is a set of matching of rooms. Under one roof or in a one building old people are served with different facilities like gatherings‚ meals‚ health or sanatorium care‚ and recreation activities. Levels of these facilities differ from each other.
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R. Kapangyarihan‚ Jayr A. Lendio‚ Ruth Joy E. Viñegas‚ Regina Rose A. Chapter I Introduction Effects of Television for Children from Age 7 to 12 Television‚ for children‚ is almost close to essentiality for their daily lives but little do we know that there are negative upshots from the concepts that they acquire on what they see from the shows particularly cartoons. Particularly shows like Tom and Jerry‚ Phineas and Ferb‚ Adventure Time‚ SpongebobSquarepants‚ Amazing world of gumball
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Kenneth Holden April 23‚ 2013 History Class 1301-03 12 Years a Slave I show great respect to Solomon Northup and his creation and of this book‚ a lot of people were said to believe‚ that the main idea in this book was to talk about slavery during the 1800’s‚ and how Northup had been born in the year 1808 and also had been born a free man who lived in a free state for more than thirty years. The book tells us that Northup was said to have believed that his life and fortunes would be uninteresting
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In India more than 8.1 crore population is above 60 years of age. Its sums up to 8 percent of the total population of India. Uttar Pradesh has the largest population of senior citizens with 1.5 crore‚ followed by Maharastra with 85 Lac‚ West Bengal with 57 Lac and Bihar with 55 Lac. More than 30% of this population is neglected and 48% of the neglected citizens are neglected and suffer at the hands of their own families. Only 15% of them registers complaints on an average. About 90% of the problems
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READING THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE BY SASHA LEE WILMOT KINGSTON‚ JAMAICA NOVEMBER 23‚ 2012 The film 12 Years A Slave‚ though disturbing as it was‚ is a film of the harsh reality many of our forefathers had to go through many years ago. The film focuses on particular Black American character whose name in the movie is Solomon Northup. He was tricked and lured away from his family and home in Saratoga Springs‚ New York to Washington DC by
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develop through a generally predictable sequence of steps and milestones‚ they may not proceed through these steps in the same way or at the same time. A child’s development is also greatly influenced by factors in his or her environment and the experiences he or she has. The information in this guide explains what child development experts consider to be "widely-held expectations" for what an average child might achieve within a given year. Please consider what you read in the context of your child’s
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