Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Thara ET

Publications

• Review Article
  Active and Healthy Ageing among Scheduled Tribes in India
  Author(s): Sajini B Nair and Thara ET Sajini B Nair and Thara ET
  
  Active ageing is the key word in any debate on ageing of population around the globe. But research on aging have seldom considered the plight of marginalized groups nor tried to quantify the overall wellbeing of aged among tribal community in India. On this perspective this paper tries to explore the data available on tribal elderly population in an attempt to quantify the active ageing process of the tribal elderly population in India. Scheduled tribes in India have a lesser proportion of aged with 6.9% of the population above 60 years compared to 8.6 among the general population in India. Employing McGahan composite index normalization the composite indices is estimated. The health index values indicate that only one in ten elderly have good health. Community participation index depicts a better scenario with more elderly being scored under the ‘moderate’ and ‘good.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000495

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