The book connects global ageing issues to the Indian context while discussing the challenges and responses towards making a society for all ages. It presents previously uncovered subjects like feminization of ageing, medical gerontology growth, informal care needs, and mental wellbeing as interconnected themes.
India's population is rapidly aging, with the number of elderly people expected to double by 2050, representing approximately 20% of the total population. This book highlights ageing issues in India from a wider perspective, bringing in national, regional and global contexts in one frame. It provides a comprehensive analysis of ageing while examining the socio-demographic and epidemiological transitions taking place in this century.
The book connects global ageing issues to the Indian context while discussing the challenges and responses towards making a society for all ages. It presents previously uncovered subjects like feminization of ageing, gender-focused empowerment of older adults, medical gerontology growth, informal care needs, and mental wellbeing as interconnected themes, offering comprehensive insights for contemporary challenges concerning the older population. With expert contributors offering extensive analysis through fresh perspectives, this volume effectively combines theoretical frameworks with practical applications that move beyond conventional approaches to ageing and advances our understanding.
The book would be of interest to researchers and academics working on ageing, social work, health and social care, sociology & social policy, and public health policy and practice. It would also appeal to community workers and non-government organizations personnel.
Arvustused
'This book guides us to explore various dimensions of population ageing both in global and Indian context. It brings together research findings and analyses on issues relating to population ageing from social, economic, cultural, gender, health, and demographic perspectives. It would be a relevant volume for all concerned with population ageing.'
- K S James, Senior Visiting Scholar, Newcomb Institute, Tulane University
'This is a comprehensive book that covers many important aspects around prioritising ageing in Indias development agenda and planning, while drawing lessons from regional and global experience. It is interesting to see articles on less explored subjects like experience of ageing by women and social groups, informal and formal care, and geriatric mental health. This book will be useful for academics and practitioners and all those who wish to understand the future demographic dynamics of India.'
- Rohit Prasad, Chief Executive Officer, HelpAge India
Lists of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Foreword.
Acknowledgements. Prologue - Anurita Jalan.
1. Ageing in India:
Contextualizing it Nationally, Regionally, and Globally in an Overall Healthy
Ageing Framework - Mala Kapur Shankardass
2. The Global Context of Ageing -
Rosette Farrugia-Bonello
3. Policy and Programme Options for Ageing -
Venkatesh Srinivasan
4. Gender Issues and Empowerment Strategies for Older
Persons - Kiran Puri
5. Changes in the Life Cycle Deficit of Elderly by
Gender and Social Groups in India - Laishram Ladusingh and Debolina Bhaumick
6. No Country for Old: Social Security, Life, and Livelihood of the Elderly
in Contemporary India - S. Irudaya Rajan, Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, and Anjana
Rajagopalan
7. Ageing, Work, and Self-Rated Health in India - William Joe,
Varun Yadav, and Sunil Rajpal
8. Medical Gerontology: Growth, Scope and
Provisions in India - Sharon Gracia Glenn and Ashish Goel
9. Informal Care
for the Older Persons in Indian Households: New Evidences - Ruchira
Chakraborty and T. V. Sekher
10. Aspects of Formal Care in India - Ruchika
Kuba
11. Geriatric Mental Health in India: Critical Issues and Challenges for
the Future - Shorouq Motwani, Heena Merchant, Pooja Vora, Bilvesh Mandalia,
and Avinash De Sousa
12. Rights of Older Persons: Time to Build Society for
All Ages, National and Global Perspective - Anupama Datta
13. Concerns and
Challenges: Setting the Priorities and Responses for the Indian Region in
Global Context - Rosette Farrugia-Bonello. Index.
Mala Kapur Shankardass is a sociologist, gerontologist, health social scientist, academician, researcher, author, activist, and consultant. She retired from the Delhi University in March 2021 and continues as an expert/resource person with different institutions in India and abroad. She has edited 15 books, written chapters in them and also in few other books, all published with reknowed publishers and has a few forthcoming in 2026. She has published over 100 articles in journals, books, newspapers and magazines. She is a recipient of various prestigious fellowships and professional awards and also a panellist on radio and TV channels.
