Main description:

This volume highlights a range of issues underpinning elder care in India, with particular focus on the challenges that India faces in caring for the elderly. In addition to the very limited state support and near total dependence on the family for long-term social care and economic support, the changing dynamics between generations in the family structure and privatization of health care in general create new challenges that need to be addressed.
Although care plays a significant role in the well-being of the elderly, there is not much research available from India. This volume draws on field-based evidence and the legal framework in India to understand the ways in which care is organized for the elderly and to locate the main sources of care provision. The book addresses key themes such as shrinking of traditional support base of the elderly, trajectory of old age homes in India and care arrangements for the elderly within the community. Written by academics and practitioners in the field of gerontology, this book is an informative resource for demographers, gerontologists, social scientists studying aging, and human rights and legal experts working with the aged.

Contents:

1. Introduction - S Irudaya Rajan And Gayathri Balagopal.- 2. After the Dividend: Caring for a Greying India - Debasis Barik, Tushar Agrawal, Sonalde Desai.- 3 'Fragile Mind and Failing Memory': The Construction of Care for the Elderly by the Laws and Policies in India- Deblina Dey.- 4. Ageing population: need for formal care workers - Bharti Birla.- 5.Old Age Homes in India: Sharing the Burden of Elderly Care with the Family - Anupama Datta.- 6. Elder Care and Living Arrangement in Kerala - S. Irudaya rajan, S. Sunitha, U. R. Arya.- 7. Socioeconomic condition and social support among the ageing Tiwas of Assam - Chandana Sarmah, Barnali Das.- 8. Care and Support During Twilight Years: Perception of Elderly from Rural India - Dhananjay W. Bhansod.- 9. Importance of Caregiving in Accomplishment of Daily Routine Activities of the Oldest Old - Shubham, Arvind K. Joshi.- 10. Vulnerability and Coping Mechanism of Aged: A Study of Elderly Widows in Jharkhand - Sangeeta Kumari Gupta, T. V. Sekher.- 11. Elderly Women: Prevailing Paradigm of Caring Scenario in the Backdrop of Feminisation of Ageing - Jayashree S.- 12. Caring for the Elderly with Dementia - Robert Mathew.- 13. Care and support arrangements among elderly residents of an urban slum in Tamil Nadu State, India - Gayathri Balagopal.- 14. Sibling Care among Rural Elderly Widows - c. Aruna.- 15. Migrant children, ageing parents and transnational care strategies: Experiences from Central Travancore, Kerala - Sreerupa.