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Volume : II, Issue : X, November - 2012 EMPOWERMENT OF ELDERLY WOMEN: A SURVEY IN GULBARGA CITY CHANDRAKUMAR.B. SEDAMKAR AND HANAMANTHAPPA. B. SEDAMKAR Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The elderly population is considered as the problem. The present study is made
to reveal the general and health problems of elderly women living in slum areas of
Gulbarga city. The paper has elaborated the statistical estimates of elderly men and
women at the national and state level. Findings revealed that there are lack of security
and health problems for the elderly women. Hence, it is suggested that there is need to
empower the elderly women by increasing awareness of the elderly women, so that they
can avail benefits from the schemes and welfare policies of government formed for
elderly. For this purpose, the NGOs and Voluntary Organizations must have to survey
the elderly women in slum areas of Gulbarga and create awareness about the
Government Policies and Welfare Schemes for the elderly, so that they can avail benefit
from these schemes. The paper is concluded with the remarks that it is very essential to
pass a legislation on the part of the government to look after and care the elderly in the
family by the younger. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : CHANDRAKUMAR.B. SEDAMKAR AND HANAMANTHAPPA. B. SEDAMKAR, (2012). EMPOWERMENT OF ELDERLY WOMEN: A SURVEY IN GULBARGA CITY. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. X, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1675.pdf References : - Age Care Forum (2007): Age Care: Overview. 2007.
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