Porosh and International Women’s Day

On the occasion of International Women’s Day Porosh’s co-founder Paushali was invited to share her experience as a women entrepreneur with the employees of HDFC Life (East). Although it is not unusual for Porosh to get invited to such forums yet dovetailing it with International Women’s Day was quite unique.

The event was attended by almost a hundred employees, mostly women though. It offered Porosh an opportunity to share its journey since inception including the trials and tribulations. The presentation was brief and succinct. Naturally, it elicited a lot of queries. The most gratifying part was the generation of awareness among the participants that something like home care services for elders exist in Kolkata and that Porosh is one of the leading organizations.

It is indeed true that awareness concerning existence of organizations dedicated to offering medical and non-medical services in Kolkata is very low. Even those who seem to have a modicum of idea generally confuse it with centers providing attendants (aya)!

Natural remedy for curing backache

Backache is the most common problem and here are few home remedies to cure it. Stressful life, travelling, workouts or aging — all these lead to one most common health problem i.e. backache. It is one health issue which makes us restless and if not taken care of results in making our routine terrible. Hence, we reproduce an article that was published in The Tomes of India by Shruti Jambhekar on August 21, 2019:

1. Mix camphor in coconut oil and boil it for 5 minutes. Cool it and store it in a bottle. Massage it twice in a week before going to sleep to get rid of backache.

2. In a bucket of lukewarm or slightly hot water, add few drops of eucalyptus oil. Taking a bath with this water will help you get rid of backache as well as body pain. Not just that, it makes you feel stress-free.

3. While you are spending some time watching TV, put a hot-water bag on back supported by a cushion. The heat-based treatment will help you recover backache.

4. Massage your back with mustard oil an hour prior to going for a shower. Make sure you take a hot water shower.

5. In a warm glass of milk, add a pinch of turmeric and few drops of honey. Make it a habit to have this regularly to get rid of backache, body pain as well as cough and cold too.

6. Add ginger while brewing your tea, it will help you lower the chances of backache.

7. Using a herbal oil for massaging your back also ensures a quick recovery.

8. Take a tube sock and fill it with rice. (Make sure to tie off end of the sock) Heat in microwave for 3-5 minutes, then just lay it wherever you have the pain. It works wonders for lower back pain.

We hope you have found this article insightful as it is not only helpful for senior citizens but for all age groups.

Need for Mediclaim for senior citizens

Once in a while when we onboard a member we realize that he/ she is not covered by any mediclaim policy. The situation becomes particularly acute if the concerned individual happens to be more than 75 years of age. At that juncture, to the best of our experience, a new policy cannot be started!

Hence, it is advisable to start a mediclaim policy in one’s name well in advance. Although a hefty premium may have to be paid annually depending on the coverage yet it is worth going for the same.

With medical expenditure spiraling upwards every passing year, in the absence of a suitable coverage under mediclaim ends up burning a hole in one’s pocket. More so, as one has to meet the expenses from one’s own savings the corpus money for old age also gets depleted. This leads one to financial vulnerability in the long run if not in the immediate future.

Since such a situation too often becomes stressful for the concerned individual it results in procrastination of any medical intervention, or surgery which is perceived to be financially exorbitant. Unfortunately, such a step ultimately leads to complications resulting in fatal outcome.