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INDIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN DELHI TO OUTLAW CROSSGENDER MASSAGE The local
harassed for operating cross-gender
overall outlook of people with Alzheimer’s
spas and were being forced to renovate
disease and other types of dementia.
their facilities to accommodate men
Those who used these approaches along
and women separately, adding that spa
with exercise also had some improvement
centres were being defamed as “some
in cognitive function, though they did not
kind of prostitution hub or brothels”.
see a significant improvement in other
Other rules being introduced mean
symptoms.
government
that therapists must be over the age of
The results are based on a review of data
authorities in Delhi
18 years and possess a degree/diploma/
from 74 studies that collectively enrolled
have issued strict
certificate in physiotherapy, acupressure
nearly 1,200 people with dementia living
new guidelines
or occupational therapy. Additionally, the
in nine countries including the United
for spas in the
entrance, reception and common areas
Kingdom. The frequency and duration of
city, including the
of a spa must be equipped with CCTV
therapy sessions
requirement that massage therapists
and recordings must be kept for at least
varied, but
and clients be of the same gender. Spa
three months.
typically involved
owners and workers have called the new guidelines regressive, restrictive and
twice-weekly
the city, of which around half operate
AROMATHERAPY: BOOSTS MOOD AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN DEMENTIA
illegally.
A paper published this April in the
discriminatory. Civic body officials estimate that there are between 2,000 and 2,400 spas and massage parlours operating across
In September, the Association of
International Journal of Psychiatry found
Wellness Ayurveda and Spa filed a
that aromatherapy with essential oils and
petition in the Delhi High Court against
reminiscence therapy can help reduce
the guidelines, saying they were being
stress and agitation and improve the
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HOLISTIC THERAPIST 2021
appointments lasting roughly 45 minutes to an hour.
WORDS OF WISDOM… No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
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