A Study on Quality of Life of Elderly Population in Mettupalayam, a Rural Area of Tamilnadu

Abstract

There has been an increase in the number of old aged people in all the countries in both absolute and proportional terms. Share of the elderly population of the world was 13% around 2000 and in India as per 2001 census the population of elderly was 76.6 million 1 as compared to 20 million in 1951. Thus the elderly account for 7.5% of the total population, in which elderly male are 7.1% and elderly female are 7.8% 4. This increasing number of elderly has a great demand on the health services and social security measures. At present the ageing has become a social problem as the socioeconomic shifts are affecting the family to continue with the care of their aged. Traditionally our Indian families had always borne the responsibility of looking after the aged, but the changing times and industrialization have threatened this yesteryear culture. As a result family care of the

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