Issues of Elder Care and Elder Abuse in the Indian Context
Issues of Elder Care and Elder Abuse in the Indian Context
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印度的老年人护理和虐待老年人问题
DOI：
10.1300/j031v15n02_08
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
D. Jamuna
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作者：
D. Jamuna
印度7%的人口是老年人，其中三分之二生活在农村，近一半生活在贫困中，老年人的护理是一个需要解决的难题。共同家庭的减少，双职工家庭的兴起，孝道观念的可能转变，预期寿命的增加，以及以贫穷、堕落、更多的空巢年和依赖为特征的更长的老年的可能性，都增加了问题的严重性，使老年人比以往任何时候都更容易受到虐待。本文探讨这些问题，以及虐待老人的问题，根据现有的数据，并提出了一些战略，以满足这个问题。还讨论了老年人的照顾者的问题，压力和应变。在照顾老年人方面，特别是在向家庭照顾者提供支助服务方面，非政府组织的作用比国家的作用更大。
Summary With 7% of the population of India being elderly, two-thirds of whom live in villages and nearly a half of them in poor conditions, the care of the elderly is a difficult problem to be tackled. The dwindling of the joint family, the rise of dual-career families, a possible shift in filial piety values, the increasing life expectancy with greater chances of a prolonged old age characterized by poverty, degeneration, more empty-nest years, and dependency, have all added to the seriousness of the problem and made the elderly more susceptible than ever to abusive treatment. This paper examines these issues as well as the issue of elder abuse in light of available data and suggests some strategies to meet the problem. Also discussed are the problems, stresses, and strains of caregivers of the elderly. A greater role is envisaged for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) than the state in the care of the elderly, particularly in providing support services to family caregivers.