1. What do you mean by demographic ageing?

Reduced birth rates with increasing life expectancy is leading to an increase in the proportion of older people in our population and this phenomenon is called demographic ageing.

2. Which are the so called “four giants” of geriatrics?

• Memory loss, 
• urinary incontinence, 
• depression and 
• falls/immobility.

3. Which health care facility should ideally play a crucial role in health care of older people?

Primary Health Care centres

4. List important stressors in late life.

Common stressors in later years of human life:

• Loneliness, 
• reduced social support and 
• need for assistance in activities of daily living

5. What is the first possibility to be considered if an otherwise normal older person suddenly develops abnormal behaviour?

Delirium

6. What is the most prominent symptom in delirium?

Clouding of consciousness

7. With the help of examples, discuss ageing and mental health in the Indian sociocultural context.

8. How can the mental health problems in old age be addressed effectively? Analyse, giving examples.