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040 _cDepartment of Social Science
100 _aPaltasingh, Tattwamasi
245 0 _aCaring for the elderly : social gerontology in the Indian context/
_cTattwamasi Paltasingh; Renu Tyagi
260 _bSAGE,
_c2015.
505 _aForeword / by Moneer Alam -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Issues in gerontology: an introduction / Tattwamasi Paltasingh and Renu Tyagi -- Understanding gerontology -- Theories and concepts in gerontology : disciplines and discourses / Tattwamasi Paltasingh -- Social security and economic issues -- Social security for 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 -- 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 and Anup K. Kapoor -- Older people with disability : concerns and policies / Indumathi Rao, Tattwamasi Paltasingh and Renu Tyagi -- Prospective approach to healthy ageing / Pawan Kumar and A.M. Khan -- 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 -- 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 -- Subject index.
650 _aSocial Science
700 _aTyagi, Renu
856 _uhttps://evidya.sagepub.in/library/caring-for-the-elderly?bookId=2917&siteName=evidya
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