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Volume : II, Issue : IX, October - 2012 Is Old Age Is A Disability: A Case Study Of Elderly People In Slum Areas Of Gulbarga City Surendra .K and Kshemaling .S.Bhaskar DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The present paper studied old age as a disability in everyone's life. For the
purpose of present study, the authors have conducted a survey of slum areas of Gulbarga
city through interview schedule. About 214 elderly people are interviewed consisting of
117 male and 97 female respondents. The study concentrated on the old age problems
such as social problems, such as difference of opinions among family members, feeling of
insecurity, loneliness, etc., economic problems, such as lack of adequate economic
power and income and health problems such as health ailments and diseases from which
the elderly people are suffering. The paper concluded with the remarks that old age is a
kind of disability in every person's life. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Surendra .K and Kshemaling .S.Bhaskar, (2012). Is Old Age Is A Disability: A Case Study Of Elderly People In Slum Areas Of Gulbarga City. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IX, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1517.pdf References : - Age Care Forum (2007): Age Care: Overview. 2007.
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