Aging in Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9780198272762 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 352 str.

Ken Tout; Otto Von Mering

Opis

The increasing life expectancy seen in developing countries has coincided with massive migrations due to urbanization, industrialization, and disasters, both natural and man-made, to cause acute physical and psychological suffering for many old people and their dependents. In this study, Tout takes the first in-depth look at this phenomenon and proposes a new approach to the special needs of the elderly in developing countries. Describing successful national programs already in place for the elderly, he highlights lesser-known difficulties, such as the responsibilities grandmothers may have to assume in the face of heterosexually-transmitted AIDS, and the consequences of the disintegration of the traditional extended family in countries too poor to provide pension schemes.

Recenzje

`a classic, with anecdotal evidence to support the arguments' New Internationalist

Spis treści

List of tables; abbreviations; Introduction; What is ageing?; Population forecasts; Socio-economic factors; Regional studies of ageing; Selected studies of ageing; Existing services; Pilot methods of response; A programme critique; National strategies; Special groups of elderly; Questions that remain; References; Further sources of information and additional reading