We consider the link between parents’ influence over the preferences of children, parental investments in children’s human capital, and children’s support of elderly parents. It may pay for parents to spend resources to “manipulate” children’s preferences in order to induce them to support their parents in old age. Since parents invest more in children when they expect greater support, manipula...

THREATS TO THE ELDERLY Threats to those of advanced age flow from three sources: demographic change, the loss of integrity of the family, and the distortion of values by money. Demographic Change Fifty years ago, men and women 85 years old or older were a rarity in the United States. But the 1990 census revealed 3 million such persons. One million of these were 90 or older and 36,000 were cente...

This study aimed to characterize the elderly who naps according to sociodemographic characteristics and frailty. A descriptive, cross-sectional study part of the multicenter project Frailty in the Elderly Brazilians. We evaluated 1,866 elderly people using a sociodemographic questionnaire. The frailty was assessed using the phenotype proposed by Fried. The data were analyzed with descriptive st...

The Canadian Initiative on Frailty and Aging was initiated with the overall goals of furthering understanding of the causes, trajectory and implications of frailty and improving the lives of older persons at risk of frailty. This paper presents the current research on key policy issues related to the frail elderly.

Elderly neglect is a global issue in the health sector. In terms of Javanese culture, elderly relates closely to relationship between parents and children. This kind shown by respect children their as form filial piety. Every child should have sense responsibility take care his future so that no parent will be neglected. Neglect happens for long time can cause negatif impacts, one them stress. ...

This paper attempts to highlight research gaps and what should be done concerning population ageing in the Ghanaian context. The proportion of the elderly increased from 4.9 percent in 1960 to 7.2 percent in 2000, while the number rose from 0.3 million to 1.4 million over the same period (an increase of 367 percent). Projection results indicate that by 2050, the aged population will account for...