Elderly care in India : societal and state responses /: societal and state responses. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: S. Irudaya Rajan, Gayathri Balagopal, editors.
• Editors: Rajan, S. Irudaya; Balagopal, Gayathri
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors and Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Map; 1 Caring India: An Introduction; Abstract; Demography of Ageing in India; Marital Status of the Elderly; Life Expectancy; Living Arrangements; State of Economic Independence; Health Status of the Elderly; Elder Care in India: Societal and State Responses; State Policies; Legal Provisions for Economic Support to the Elderly; Public Policy on Elder Care: Family as the Diamond; Family; Non-governmental Organisations; Market; Scope of This Work; Future Research. Larger Studies Across States Using a Comparable FrameworkSocial Networks; Caregiver Burden/Perspective; Institutional Care; Market and NGO-Provided Home-Based Services; Conditions of Formal Care Workers; NSSO Surveys on Elderly Should Include Caregiving; Acknowledgements; References; 2 After the Dividend: Caring for a Greying India; Abstract; After the Dividend: Caring for a Greying India; Income and Consumption Across the Life Cycle; Comparison Over the Life Course; Comparison Across Countries; Data; Socio-demographic Profile of the Elderly Population in India. Economic Security of Elderly in IndiaWork and Income as a Source of Old Age Income Security; Family and Remittances; Public Transfer Scheme; Caring for the Elderly in a Changing World; Acknowledgements; Appendix; References; 3 'Fragile Body and Failing Memory': The Construction of Care for the Elderly by the Laws and Policies in India; Abstract; Introduction; Emergence of the Discipline of Ageing and Impacts on Policy Discourse: A Historical Overview; Critical Analysis of a Few Salient Policies. The Right to Care and Creation of 'Subjects of Power and Agents of Resistance': Analysing the Maintenance Act of 2007Law's Construction of the 'Docile' Body of the Senior Citizen; The Practice of Care at a Legal Advocate's Chamber; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Cases; Websites; 4 Ageing Population: Need for Formal Care Workers; Abstract; Introduction; Gendered Notions of Care Work; Ageing Population and Need for Care Work; Paid Care Workers: Situating Domestic Work in Care Work; Decent Work for Domestic Workers; Professionally Skilled Elderly Care Workers; Conclusion; References. 5 Old Age Homes in India: Sharing the Burden of Elderly Care with the FamilyAbstract; Background; Shelter in Old Age; Care Giving for Older Persons Within Family and the Community; Need for Special Care in Old Age; Type of Care Required by Older Persons; Existing Old Age Homes in India: Some Critical Issues; Way Forward: Need for Some New Initiatives; References; 6 Elder Care and Living Arrangement in Kerala; Abstract; Introduction; Objectives; Area of Study; Data and Methodology; The Model; Significance Test of the Model Log Likelihood.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.60954; Older people -- Care -- India; Older people -- Services for -- India; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Older people -- Care; Older people -- Services for; Social Sciences; Aging; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Human Rights; India; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811034398; 9811034397
• Related ISBNs: 9789811034381; 9811034389
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 10, 2017).
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