An Aging India: Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780789022400)

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

The insights of the top researchers and practitioners who contributed to An Aging India: Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies will strike home with their counterparts around the world. Make this book a part of your professional/teaching collection today!

Author: Phoebe S. Liebig,S. Irudaya Rajan
ISBN-10: 0789022400
ISBN-13: 9780789022400
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2003
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.04w x 0.65d