Caring For The Elderly Social Gerontology in the Indian Context Tattwamasi Paltasingh & Renu Tyagi English

By:

Paltasingh Tattwamasi

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Sage Publication 2015Description: vi-290 p. Hard bound 14.5*22 cmISBN:

978-93-515-0263-0

DDC classification:

23 305.260954 PAL

Contents:

I: UNDERSTANDING GERONTOLOGY Theories and Concepts in Gerontology: Disciplines and Discourses - Tattwamasi Paltasingh II: SOCIAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES Social Security for the Elderly: Issues and Evidences - Aswini Kumar Mishra Tackling Poverty in Old Age - Anupama Datta The Rights of the Elderly and Socio-economic Security - J John Kattakayam III: HEALTH ISSUES: DIMENSIONS AND STRATEGIES Social Context and Health Status of the Older Adults in India - Sanjeev Bakshi and Prasanta Pathak Ageing and Cross-Cultural Variation in Health Issues - Satwanti Kapoor, Deepali Verma Renu Tyagi, N K Mungreiphy, Meenal Dhall, Prerna Bhasin, Heemanshu Aurora, Anup K Kapoor Older People with Disability: Concerns and Policies - Indumathi Rao, Tattwamasi Paltasingh, Renu Tyagi Prospective Approach to Healthy Ageing - Pawan Kumar and A M Khan IV: GENDER AND CULTURE Gender-sensitive Intervention for Elderly Women - Tattwamasi Paltasingh and Renu Tyagi Ageing Women in India: Policy Response - Mala Kapur Shankardass Imagining Old Age: Cultural Interpretations - Subhadra Mitra Channa V: POSITIVE AGEING: OUTLOOK AND APPROACHES Bridging Inter-generational Gap through School Education - A M Khan Technology Support in Active Ageing - Usha Dixit and V C Goyal Ageing Well and Way Forward - Renu Tyagi and Tattwamasi Paltasingh About the Editors and Contributors Index

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I: UNDERSTANDING GERONTOLOGY
Theories and Concepts in Gerontology: Disciplines and Discourses - Tattwamasi Paltasingh
II: SOCIAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
Social Security for the Elderly: Issues and Evidences - Aswini Kumar Mishra
Tackling Poverty in Old Age - Anupama Datta
The Rights of the Elderly and Socio-economic Security - J John Kattakayam
III: HEALTH ISSUES: DIMENSIONS AND STRATEGIES
Social Context and Health Status of the Older Adults in India - Sanjeev Bakshi and Prasanta Pathak
Ageing and Cross-Cultural Variation in Health Issues - Satwanti Kapoor, Deepali Verma Renu Tyagi, N K Mungreiphy, Meenal Dhall, Prerna Bhasin, Heemanshu Aurora, Anup K Kapoor
Older People with Disability: Concerns and Policies - Indumathi Rao, Tattwamasi Paltasingh, Renu Tyagi
Prospective Approach to Healthy Ageing - Pawan Kumar and A M Khan
IV: GENDER AND CULTURE
Gender-sensitive Intervention for Elderly Women - Tattwamasi Paltasingh and Renu Tyagi
Ageing Women in India: Policy Response - Mala Kapur Shankardass
Imagining Old Age: Cultural Interpretations - Subhadra Mitra Channa
V: POSITIVE AGEING: OUTLOOK AND APPROACHES
Bridging Inter-generational Gap through School Education - A M Khan
Technology Support in Active Ageing - Usha Dixit and V C Goyal
Ageing Well and Way Forward - Renu Tyagi and Tattwamasi Paltasingh
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

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