Elderly Care in India : Societal and State Responses

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Irudaya Rajan, S. (Editor), Balagopal, Gayathri. (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Geriatrics.; Human rights.; Aging.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811034398
• Physical Description: XIX, 267 p. 14 illus. in color. online resource.

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 cha...