Problems of the aged in unorganised sector (Record no. 44966)

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Classification number 305.26 MAH
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Personal name Mahajan, A.
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Title Problems of the aged in unorganised sector
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Mittal Pub.
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1987
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Extent 106p.
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Summary, etc. The book attempts to sensitize. the Indian<br/>public to the problems of the elderly poor<br/>of of the unorganized sector which have<br/>assumed new dimensions because of the<br/>changed age pyramid, valuee system and<br/>withdrawal of family support.<br/>The senior citizens are faced with several<br/>problems such as loss of income and status,<br/>loneliness, helplessness, illness etc. and<br/>have either to live with deficits or make<br/>good the losses which they are bound to<br/>suffer. The problem of the elderly poor is,<br/>however, not only very acute but is alsoo<br/>conceptually distinct from that of the<br/>a i uent strata because they are not able to<br/>allocate funds for the old age.<br/>The study explodes the myth that family in<br/>India acts as support system for the aged<br/>The younger members of the<br/>persons.<br/>poor strata, who are themselves involved<br/>in a struggle for survival, can ill afford the<br/>burden of looking after the elderly kinsmen.<br/>It is the absence of alternative lighter work<br/>which renders these elderly poor unemployed<br/>and dependent. As this study is based on<br/>an evaluation of the Old Age Pension<br/>Scheme. it highlights the limitations of the<br/>scheme and its implementation. It has been<br/>concluded that the problems of the aged<br/>poor can be dealt with at two levels first,<br/>by checking the circumstances which make<br/>them destitute and secondly, by evoiving<br/>suitable alternative work activities. In the<br/>absence of these remedial measures their<br/>problems would remain perennial and a<br/>stage would come when Old Age Pension<br/>would not help in the amelioration of their<br/>problemns.<br/>Since the theme of the book Pertains<br/>to Social Gerontology, it has rele-<br/>vance for the students" of Sociology<br/>in general and Social Work in particular.<br/>it would also appeal to policy makers,<br/>administrators and voluntary agencies who<br/>ers interes ted in the amelioration of the<br/>problem of the elderly poor.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Old age
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