Old age is a growing problem in India, as in the past the old society were looked after by the joint family.Today increasing life expectancy coupled with the increasing demands of life marginalizethe old from the study family.This evidence that elders family is the main support system, though many aged are forced to institutions.Comparing the aged who live in the institutions and families, who live in the household are healthier and happier than in institutions.More those aged women and single barren women are forced to live in instutions. Christian women are more in institutions when...

Placenta praevia is a form of impaired placentation in which placenta lies in the lower segment of the uterine cavity, covering partially or completely the internal cervical ostium, preventing normal vaginal delivery. A trend of increasing placenta praevia incidence was observed in the past decade, the studies show it is mainly due to an increasing caesarian section rate and advancing maternal age at time of first pregnancy (Iyasu et al., 1993). The etiology of placenta praevia is not known, but an association has been found between previous history of caesarian section, high parity and...