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Volume 37, Number 1, January-June - Special Issue on the
Ethnography
of Healing Guest Editor: Laurent Pordie |
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Ageing and Social Support:
A Study of Low-income Urban Elderly in Pune by Aarti Kaulagekar
Present study aims at exploring the living and health conditions
of low-income elderly and availability of social support during
illness. Data were collected using cross sectional survey from
184 elderly from a slum area from the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
The study found out that the majority of the respondents were
supporting themselves by engaging in unorganized sector.
Majority of them reported health problems. A little more than
half consulted doctors for treatment. Economic constraints in
seeking appropriate health care were reported. They received
support from their neighbours and family members during illness.
This understanding calls for an alternative employment plan for
the aged; as well as need for increasing formal care in the
community, especially to people living alone, and reorientation
of health services towards elderly care.
Key Words: Poor Elderly, Urban Slum, Social Support,
Informal Network |
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