Studies on ageing in India: A review

SS Raju - Population Ageing in India, 2014 - books.google.com
Background Population ageing is the most significant emerging demographic phenomenon
in the world today. In 1950, the world population aged 60 years and above was 205 million …

Living arrangements and health of older adults in India

T Samanta, F Chen, R Vanneman - Journals of Gerontology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. We investigate the association between the multigenerational household context
and health of older adults in India, taking into account potential selection effects. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Health of the elderly in India: challenges of access and affordability

S Dey, D Nambiar, JK Lakshmi, K Sheikh… - Aging in Asia: Findings …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
India, the world's second most populous country, has experienced a dramatic demographic
transition in the past 50 years, entailing almost a tripling of the population over the age of 60 …

Do sympathy biases induce charitable giving? The effects of advertising content

K Sudhir, S Roy, M Cherian - Marketing Science, 2016 - pubsonline.informs.org
We randomize advertising content motivated by the psychology literature on sympathy
generation and framing effects in mailings to about 185,000 prospective new donors in …

BRIC's growing share of global health spending and their diverging pathways

MB Jakovljevic - Frontiers in public health, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Post-cold war developments and accelerated pace of globalization among many changes
led to the creation of so called emerging markets. These classical national economies …

[PDF][PDF] Falls in Indian older adults: a barrier to active ageing

SA Dsouza, B Rajashekar, HS Dsouza… - Asian J Gerontol …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Objectives. Rapid population ageing is predicted in India. Falls are one of the causes of
injuries and non-communicable diseases associated with old age. Studies on falls in Indian …

Morbidity patterns and health care seeking behavior among older widows in India

G Agrawal, K Keshri - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In the process of health transition, India is facing rapid pace of demographic aging. Rapid
increase in older adult population posed serious concerns regarding health and health care …

Assessment of physical disability using Barthel index among elderly of rural areas of district Jhansi (UP), India

S Gupta, R Yadav, AK Malhotra - Journal of family medicine and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in a Baragaon block of
rural area of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India, from July 2015 to October 2015. Multistage …

Freedom to lead a life we have reason to value? A spotlight on health inequity in the Asia Pacific region

S Friel, T Chiang, Y Cho, Y Guo… - Asia Pacific Journal …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The Asia Pacific region is home to more than 60% of the world's population. Life expectancy
at birth differs between countries by as much as 27 years. This article suggests that …

Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity amongst the community dwelling rural older adults in northern India

SC Tiwari, G Srivastava, RK Tripathi… - Indian journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A survey was conducted in subjects aged 60 yr and above to identify the cases of
psychiatric morbidity in rural population from randomly selected two revenue blocks of …