1st Edition
An Aging India Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies
Explore Indian policy and practice on aging from a variety of perspectives!
This pathbreaking collection provides something that has been missing in the literature on aging in India, especially for non-Indian audiences: studies of various aspects of aging in India combined with analyses of current policies, policy trends and recommendations. You'll examine aging issues from a variety of perspectivesdemographic foundations, social and family relations, economics, health and disability, current interventions, and advocacy and policy. An Aging India also provides you with up-to-date references, explanations of differences and similarities within India's diverse population, examples of programs in various settings including a geriatric hospital, a major NGO, and old-age homes, and an overview of the development of India's national policy on aging. Where appropriate, comparisons with U.S. policy approaches are noted.
An Aging India: Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies examines:
- the demography of aging in India
- the current state of research on aging, and the pitfalls associated with that research
- income, poverty, and the problems created by the lack of any widespread retirement income system in India
- the health status of Indian elders and what their healthcare prospects are
- the situation for the disabled elderly in India
- elder abuse in the Indian context
- social networks and grassroots organizations for seniors in India
- the role of Indian geriatric hospitals and old-age homes
- INTRODUCTION
- An Aging India: Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies
- FOUNDATIONS OF AGING IN INDIA
- Demography of Indian Aging, 2001-2051
- Perspectives of Research on Aging in India
- ECONOMICS, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
- Economic Security for the Elderly in India: An Overview
- Health Status and Health Care Services Among Older Persons in India
- Aging, Disability, and Disabled Older People in India
- SOCIAL AND FAMILY RELATIONS
- Social Networks of Old People in India: Research and Policy
- Issues of Elder Care and Elder Abuse in the Indian Context
- CURRENT INTERVENTIONS
- Geriatric Hospitals in India, Today and in the Future
- Old Age Homes and Services: Old and New Approaches to Aged Care
- The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations for the Welfare of the Elderly: The Case of HelpAge India
- ADVOCACY AND POLICY
- Senior Grassroots Organizations in India
- Towards a Policy for Aging in India
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Phoebe S Liebig, S. Irudaya Rajan