My Motto in Life: To be Useful for the Society

Sharing another inspiring story on Productive Ageing via Senior Express.

This is the story of Mr. Ravindra Nimbalkar, a 64+ retired Principal from Pune who inspite of various struggles in life has achieved great heights not only as a professional but as a human being too by doing various useful tasks for the welfare of others in the society.

Do read his story and get inspired: http://seniorexpress.in/elder-rights/motto-life-useful-society/

Holiday in Bali!

Bali is one of the popular tourist destinations in this world. Our contributor Mr. Rajaram Krishnaswami, a 70+ Management Consultant and a Visiting Faculty at a prestigious business school recently visited this place with his wife.

For the interest of all those who wish to visit this place he has shared a small note of his travel experiences there along with some beautiful photographs -

http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/holiday-at-bali/

A 75+ Philanthropist on a Mission to Promote Healthy Living

Sharing one more inspiring story on active ageing via Senior Express.

This is the story of Mr. Pawar, a 75+ Philanthropist from Pune who is on a mission to promote Healthy Living.

Do read his story and get inspired - http://seniorexpress.in/elder-rights/75-philanthropist-mission-promote-healthy-living/

Met by Destiny, Connected by Love

Sharing a beautiful couple story on Active Aging via Senior Express. This is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Gandhi who believes in living life fully and enjoying each and every moment happily together. They are a 67+ creative and talented couple who passionately pursue their interest in art, craft, dance, singing, socialising and travelling.

They met through their family, had an arranged marriage in 1973 and ever since their love has grown day by day. They are an inspiration and a role model to many young couples.

Let us read their story in Mr. K. M. Gandhi’s words - http://seniorexpress.in/health-fitness/met-destiny-connected-love/

An Unique Event to Build Intergenerational Bonding between Seniors and Students at a Business School

We are proud to share that ICFAI Business School (Pune) in collaboration with Senior Express organised an unique inter-generational event on Friday, 21st December, 2018. The theme of the event was “GEN-X Golden Time With Golden Agers”.

Our esteemed guests were very active and exceptionally talented seniors who are a part of the Senior Express Club. They not only shared their life experiences of how they successfully managed their career along with their passions and hobbies but also showcased their talents in music, literature, art and craft to the students.The event provided an opportunity to the management students to listen and interact with the seniors.

This event was a small initiative from Senior Express towards promotion of inter-generational bonding and active living in our society.

Read More: http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/event-build-intergenerational-bonding-seniors-management-students/

An Inspiring Story of a Home Maker who is an Example of Active Ageing

Sharing a positive story of 62 years old Mrs. Surekha Laddha, a homemaker from Amravati whose life revolves around her family and the social work which she does for the underprivileged people in her area. She strongly believes that life is all about being happy and spreading happiness around.

Do read her full story and get inspired : https://bit.ly/2RtItzU

Happy New Year 2019!

Team Senior Express wishes you a very Happy and Healthy New Year 2019.

On this occasion sharing a beautiful poem, written and shared by our active contributor Mr. Bansal for all our friends and well wishers.

Intergenerational Bonding for Ageing with Dignity

We are happy to share that our founder Dr. Nidhi Mishra was recently invited as a Resource Person in a Sensitisation Programme on Inter-generational Bonding for the students of Kaveri College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune. The programme was organised by the Janaseva Foundation, which has been granted the status of Regional Resource & Training Centre by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.

Dr. Nidhi conducted an interactive session with the students on the topic “Intergenerational Bonding for Ageing with Dignity”, which was followed by some group and individual exercises which she designed mainly to sensitise students about ageing related issues and concerns. She was very happy to see the enthusiasm with which the students participated in the exercise.

This session was a small step from Dr. Nidhi and Senior Express towards bursting the myths related to ageing among the students and thereby building intergenerational bonding and promoting Ageing with Dignity in our society.

Read More: http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/intergenerational-bonding-promoting-ageing-dignity/

97 and Still Rocking!

Sharing an inspiring story of 97 year old Mr. P.M. Daniel from Mumbai, who is full of life and energy.

His story is written and shared by his granddaughter Ms. Smita Vahadane, 30 year old adventurous spirit who currently lives in New York and works for a leading TV channel.

Smita shares a very special bond with her grandfather, whom she fondly calls 'Dadu'. She is full of admiration for him which is very much evident in the story written by her. Their relationship is one of the best examples of inter-generational bonding.

Read full story: http://seniorexpress.in/health-fitness/97-still-rocking/

Happy Children's Day to the Child Inside Us

Today on the occasion of Children’s Day sharing a beautiful collection of poems written and shared by our very active and talented contributor Mr. G. D. Bansal. Mr. Bansal is an ardent poet and a proud grandfather of four loving and caring grandchildren.

Team Senior Express wishes all children who are making our world beautiful through their innocence and love a very happy children’s day. We wish the same to all those seniors who never let the child in them ever grow old, which is the secret to their healthy living.

Originally published at www.seniorexpress.in

Press Coverage of Elders’ Day Event

Team Senior Express is happy to share that our World Elders’ Day Event celebration which we had organised in collaboration with Sangam Sarvajanik Sewa Samiti Pune, has got a coverage in prominent Marathi newspapers. Attached are the newspaper clippings.

We are glad that media is also showing keen interest in publishing news related to active ageing and inter-generational bonding which have an important role to play in the development of our society.

A Session on Creating Awareness on Alzheimer’s

On World Alzheimer’s Day i.e. on 21st September, 2018, Senior Express conducted an awareness session on Dementia and Alzheimer’s for the residents of Behere Old Age Home in Pune.

The session was conducted by our Founder Dr. Nidhi Mishra ( a Social Gerontologist and Psychologist) who along with giving a talk on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, made the residents play some simple brain games in groups which they can play in their day to day life too for keeping themselves mentally fit and active.

According to Dr. Nidhi, mental stimulation through brain games is a must for maintaining mental fitness at any age, especially post 60.

Originally published at: http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/a-session-on-alzheimers/

Happy Teachers' Day

Senior Express wishes all teachers a very Happy Teachers’ Day.

On this occasion sharing interesting information about famous mentors/teachers in India (and Indian mythology). This information is compiled by our contributor Mr. Bansal, a 70+ active senior from Noida.

Originally published at:http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/happy-teachers-day/ 

Happy 72nd Indian Independence Day

Senior Express wishes all Indians a very Happy Independence Day. On this occasion, sharing a touching and thought provoking poem written by our very active contributor Mr. Bansal, a 71+ avid poet from Noida.

At Senior Express (www.seniorexpress.in) we believe that Independence means freedom to live a meaningful and active life with dignity.  We are working on this mission by highlighting the talents and creative expressions of our talented seniors like Mr. Bansal and thereby promoting active and productive ageing in India.

A Talk on Active Ageing

Dr. Nidhi Mishra, Founder- Senior Express, giving a brief talk on Active Ageing in The Star Seniors Festival in Pune.

Enjoying Life Together in their 80s

Sharing a positive story of Mr. and Mrs. Waman Jog who are voluntarily staying in an old age home and are living a happy and active life together.

They say : Though we have children, we took a decision to spend rest of our life in old age home. For the last 15 years we are staying in an old age home in Pune. Both of us and our children are very happy with that decision and we are going to stay here till the end.

They make conscious efforts to enjoy their life in the old age home and also try to involve other residents in making everybody’s stay more enjoyable.

Do read their story and get inspired by their passion to live life fully: http://seniorexpress.in/social/age-defying-role-model/ 

Happy Eid

Senior Express wishes everyone a very happy Eid. May this festive season bring lots of good health and happiness in your life.

Raise your voice against Elder Abuse

The United Nations has designated June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to any kind of abuse and discrimination against senior citizens in our society.

On this occasion sharing an informative video on Elder Abuse which is designed by Senior Express (www.seniorexpress.in) to create awareness on this topic and to further guide people across different generations about the various ways in which Elder abuse can be prevented and controlled.

Please do watch the video and share it to create awareness on Elder Abuse, so that our seniors can live a healthy and dignified life ahead.

Read More: http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/raise-your-voice-against-elder-abuse/

A conference on “Ageing in India: Present Situation & Futuristic Perspective”

On 26th April 2018, Dr. Nidhi Mishra, Founder-Senior Express, was invited as a Chairperson for a technical session “Issues of Ageing Population: Gender, Health, Economic, Social” for a National Conference on “Ageing in India: Present Situation & Futuristic Perspective”, organized by the Department of Social Work, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune.

There were total 5 paper presentations done in the technical session chaired by Dr. Nidhi which were ranging from psychological distress in geriatric population, family and health issues among the residents of old age homes, socio-economic problems of elders from rural areas, social media and senior citizens and geriatric issues from a nursing professional’s perspective.

In the end of the session Dr. Nidhi summarized the session and gave her feedback on each and every presentation and suggested the presenters to focus on the methodology and implication of their respective studies for doing a need based research for seniors.

Originally published at: http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/conference-ageing-india-present-situation-futuristic-perspective/

Elder Women a Source of Inspiration

On 8th March 2018, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Senior Express organized and conducted its first “Meet Up Session” for the residents of Annasaheb Behere Old Age Home, Pune.

On this occasion, we invited eight most active and inspiring women residents of the old age home to share their background and achievements with the group, who were later felicitated by us for their achievements in their respective fields.

For Senior Express each of them is an example of active and productive ageing. They not only shared their experiences, struggles and achievements with full enthusiasm but also took the session as an opportunity to relive the past moments while sharing their life story.

Read more for details: http://seniorexpress.in/forums/topic/felicitation-eight-talented-women-international-womens-day-old-age-home/