@article{779724,
      recid = {779724},
      author = {Rajan, S. Irudaya, and Balagopal, Gayathri,},
      title = {Elderly care in India : societal and state responses /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This volume highlights a range of issues underpinning  elder care in India, with particular focus on the  challenges that India faces in caring for the elderly. In  addition to the very limited state support and near total  dependence on the family for long-term social care and  economic support, the changing dynamics between generations  and in the family structure and privatization of health  care in general create new challenges that need to be  addressed. Although care plays a significant role in the  well-being of the elderly, there is not much research  available from India. This volume draws on field-based  evidence and the legal framework in India to understand the  ways in which care is organized for the elderly and to  locate the main sources of care provision. The book  addresses key themes such as shrinking of traditional  support base of the elderly, trajectory of old age homes in  India and care arrangements for the elderly within the  community. Written by academics and practitioners in the  field of gerontology, this book is an informative resource  for demographers, gerontologists, social scientists  studying aging, and human rights and legal experts working  with the aged.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/779724},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3439-8},
}