Caring for a Greying India

Financial Burden of Border Hospital in Caring for Cross-Border Patients: A Short Note From Thailand

Elderly Care in India: Way Forward

Ageing is a global phenomenon. India is no exception to this demographic transition. The problems and issues of its greying population occupy the back seat. The current need is to conduct research and explore new directions in research on population ageing. Multi-disciplinary approaches to geriatric care can be fostered by collaborative training among medical, paramedical and other professional...

Global Aging Aspirations Confront Cultural and Regional Realities

Grains from Grass: Aging, Gender, and Famine in Rural Africa, by Lisa Cliggett. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2005, 193 pp., $54.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper). Handbook of Asian Aging, edited by Hyunsook Yoon and Jon Hendricks. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., Amityville, NY, 2006, 512 pp., $74.50 (cloth). Intergenerational Support and Old Age in Africa, by Isabella Aboderin. Transaction ...

Is health status of elderly worsening in India? A comparison of successive rounds of national sample survey data.

The increasing greying of India's population raises concerns about the welfare and health status of the aged. One important source of information of health status of the elderly is the National Sample Survey Rounds on Morbidity and Health Care Expenditure. Using unit-level data for 1995-96 and 2004, this paper examines changes in reported health status of the elderly in India and analyses their...

Infant feeding styles: barriers and opportunities for good nutrition in India.

India has the lion's share of malnourished children in the world. Poverty and social exclusion contribute to this rate of malnutrition, but care practices also play a role. Breastfeeding is rarely exclusive, sanitation tends to be limited, complementary feeding often begins late, and the quantities are small. In the past, government programs have focused on the supply of food rather than caring...