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Kevin Fernandez VSM
Kevin Fernandez VSM
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India’s Ageing Population: Geriatric Care Still in Infancy
Author(s): Mane Abhay B, Khandekar Sanjay V and Kevin Fernandez VSMMane Abhay B, Khandekar Sanjay V and Kevin Fernandez VSM
Healthy ageing is a major public health challenge. The population of India is ageing. This demographic change will necessitate vast resources towards support, care and treatment of elder persons. With the changes in the social scenario and the emergence of nuclear family concept have exposed the elderly people to emotional, physical and financial insecurity. The prevalence and incidence of diseases as well as hospitalization rates are much higher in older people than the total population. Very little effort has been made to understand the health and social care needs of elderly in India. Moreover there is a huge shortage of manpower in geriatrics in the country and this does not seem to improve in very near future. The undergraduate medical curriculum at present does not cover geriatric care completely, while postgraduate geriatric courses are almost absent in India. Making the resour.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000186