Ergonomic of Old Age Homes and Health

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This book makes an ergonomic assessment of old age homes and related health hazards on elderly people in India. Taking a close look at the socio-economic profile of elderly people, it studies the existing construction and dimensions of old age home in the light of ergonomic principles.

Further analyzing the infrastructure facilities available in old age homes, it tries to find out the level of satisfaction derived by the elderly people in the old age homes. It also identifies the related health hazards faced by the elderly people in old age homes and develops guidelines for functional constructive unit for elderly people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.K. Shukla

Dr. A.K. Shukla M.A., Ph.D. (Goldmedalist) is presently working as a Senior Reader in the Department of political science at R.R. Post-graduate College Amethi-Sultanpur, U.P. He has been active in post-doctoral research works since 1992 and had been awarded major and minor research projects by the University Grants Commission, govt. of India, New Delhi. He had also been awarded SAARC Fellowship in 2003. His area of interest and specialization is in comparative politics and political sociology although he has completed his Ph.D. on Lok Sabha, which has been published by Tiwari Publications, ghonda, New Delhi in 1990. The main focus of the author had been on women studies. Besides the above the author is engaged in active social and cultural works also. He is the life member of Indian Institute of Public Administration and the Secretary General of International Goodwill Society of India, Amethi chapter.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Promila Sharma

Promila Sharma did her M.A. in English Literature from Lucknow University in 1996. She did her B.Ed. from Kanpur University. She is nowadays running a private institute in Lucknow. Besides teaching she has a great urge for writing. Her fields of interest include the social work, book reading, writing, attending seminars, and the upliftment of women.

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Title
Ergonomic of Old Age Homes and Health
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
8180699978, 9788180699979
Length
xvi+208p., Illustrations; 23cm.
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