Synopses & Reviews
Care for the elderly has increased in both duration and intensity, particularly because of better medical conditions resulting in increased lifespan. Thus understanding the numerous dimensions of ageing will play a consequential role in determining future national policies. This book addresses a wide spectrum of issues faced by the elderly in India, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands, primarily from social and economic perspectives. South Asian cultures more than others have traditionally endorsed living arrangements that entail co-residence of aged parents with their children, which has been the crux of the support system of the aged. Significant shifts in family structure spurred by modernization prompted increased family nucleation.
All three countries offer interesting insights as India is projected to have an ageing population of 90 million in the near future, and Sri Lanka has one of the highest proportions of ageing people in the developing world. By delving further, one can view these trends in the context of widespread poverty and inadequate social security systems in India, and high human development indicators in Sri Lanka.
Synopsis
A comparative study of social and economic issues facing the elderly in India, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands.
Synopsis
'Institutional Provisions and Care for the Aged' provides a detailed comparative study of social and economic issues facing the elderly in India, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands. All three countries offer interesting insights, and this book addresses a wide spectrum of issues faced by the elderly, and an understanding of the processes at work in the broader social and economic context.
About the Author
S Irudaya Rajan is Chair Professor, Research Unit on International Migration at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Carla Risseeuw is Professor of Intercultural Gender Studies, Department of Anthropology and Development Sociology, University of Leiden, Netherlands.
Myrtle Perera is Vice Chairperson, Marga Institute, Colombo.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Dr Anbumani Ramadoss 1. Care of the Aged in Asia and Europe; 2. Population Ageing in India; 3. Disease, Disability and Healthcare Utilization among the Aged; 4. Employment as Old Age Security; 5. Property and Assets as Economic Security; 6. Pensions and Social Security in India; 7. Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile of Elderly in Sri Lanka; 8. Institutional Provisions and Health Security for Elderly in Sri Lanka; 9. Social Setting and Demand for Senior Homes in the Netherlands and Sri Lanka; 10. Ageing, Health and Social Security in the Netherlands; 11. Changing Public Care for Elders in the Netherlands; Appendix