Needs and Care of the Elderly: Global Perspectives

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The aged all over the world have always constituted problems to some extent, but recently they began to characterize major social problems. Under these circumstances, our goal should be to gather information about the way the elderly people are treated in different parts of the world. After passing the unanimous Bill for protecting the elderly, "The Maintenance and Welfare of Parent and Senior Citizen Bill", 2007, in India this issue has become relevant for creating awareness about elderly care. It is widely acknowledged that the ageing of societies involves much more than shifting demographic patterns. The main objective of the book is to highlight and understand the needs of care of the elderly by providing public education about care of the elderly mechanisms and various strategies on ageing adopted worldwide to bring ageing issues higher up on the national agenda. The book is divided into three sections; the first section presents "Needs of the Elderly Issues", which discusses the psychological, social, economical and biological needs. Section two "Elderly Care Mechanism" makes the reader aware about the existing instruments, including family care/informal care, Government support and NGOs’, concern for the aged. The third section on "Country experiences" significantly discusses the ageing trends in countries around the world. The book would prove to be an enormously worthy material not only for sociologists, demographers, psychologists, gerontologists, geriatricians, academicians, research scholars, students, policymakers, reformers and senior citizens but also for the NGOs working in the field.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Monica Rao

Monica Rao holds a M.A (Sociology) degree with Gold medal from Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, and (UGC-N.E.T.) 2003. She is pursuing Ph.D from M.L.S.University - "Aged Persons and Society: A Sociological Exploration". She has five years experience in teaching and research. Through research she has participated in several academic communities - I.C.S.S.R (partial assistance for Ph.D.), Rajasthan Sociological Association, UGC Centre for Women Studies, etc., Her papers on various social issues such as "Elderly Women as a Victim and Victor", "Trends of Elderly person: In Future Sociology", "Gender Role: Changing Ideology in Family" have been presented in various International and National conferences. Presently, she is working as a Faculty Associate in Icfai Business School Research Centre, Ahmedabad. She is editing books on Care of the elderly, Emerging Leisure patterns, Youth Lifestyle. Her area of interests are socio-demographic and developmental issues.

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Title
Needs and Care of the Elderly: Global Perspectives
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9788131415917
Length
252p.
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