Authors :
Aju Kurian, Shubhan Roy, Armaan Chopra, Aaruni Ghosh, Andrew Das
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7804062
Abstract :
The world's population is aging. The
proportion of elderly persons in each country's
population is rising as time goes on, as is their overall
number. Ageing of the population is a demographic fact
that cannot be avoided and is related to improvements in
healthcare and the health of the population. Due to longer
life expectancies and a drop in birth rates, the number of
elderly persons (those 60 and older) is growing more
quickly than the global population as a whole. The health
and socio-economic status of the elderly is affected
drastically when population age surges rapidly. This
article explores the issues confronting the elderly
residents of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. A
sample size of 83 elderly people was chosen using nonprobability convenient sampling. The analysis showed
that loneliness is one of the major problems among the
aged. Other major issues confronted by them are
addictive habits, lack of emotional support and financial
dependency. Vast majority of the elderly are not having
access to government support schemes. Only 59% were
satisfied with their overall life.
Keywords :
Old age, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Problems of the elderly.
The world's population is aging. The
proportion of elderly persons in each country's
population is rising as time goes on, as is their overall
number. Ageing of the population is a demographic fact
that cannot be avoided and is related to improvements in
healthcare and the health of the population. Due to longer
life expectancies and a drop in birth rates, the number of
elderly persons (those 60 and older) is growing more
quickly than the global population as a whole. The health
and socio-economic status of the elderly is affected
drastically when population age surges rapidly. This
article explores the issues confronting the elderly
residents of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. A
sample size of 83 elderly people was chosen using nonprobability convenient sampling. The analysis showed
that loneliness is one of the major problems among the
aged. Other major issues confronted by them are
addictive habits, lack of emotional support and financial
dependency. Vast majority of the elderly are not having
access to government support schemes. Only 59% were
satisfied with their overall life.
Keywords :
Old age, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Problems of the elderly.
