Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

BRINGING LIFE TO YEARS: RELEVANT LITERATURE ON AGEING

Dr. Minni K. T. Harikumar

Abstract :

‘Age is just a number’ but, ageing ings forth numerous challenges to the concerned. With the increase in old age dependency ratio aged and aging has opened a Pandora’s Box throwing several questions at the society, government and the aged themselves. Countries like India are on a time bomb as there has been tremendous increase in aged population of lately and thus in another twenty years India would be faced with various challenges that it would give rise to. The paper tries to ing together various international and national evidence based articles and studies carried out on aging and its associated aspects. This is to give a better understanding on the discussions revolving around the status of aged in respect to their health and illness, economic dependency, psychological wellbeing, familial support system, and effective policies and programs.

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BRINGING LIFE TO YEARS: RELEVANT LITERATURE ON AGEING, Dr. Minni K. T. Harikumar PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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