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Volume : I, Issue : X, November - 2011 AGING AND WOMEN'S HEALTH: AN EVALUATION Shanta B Astige & Ashwini Jane Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The subject of aging has assumed a greater significance than ever before in the context of the UN
Declaration of October 1, 1999 as the World Elders Day and 1999 as the International Year of the Aged
with the theme Towards a Society for All Ages. Women are more prone to depression than man.
"Woman face empty nest syndrome in old age. When children settle down away from home, the home
becomes an empty nest. Since a mother is more attached to her children than the father, she is more
likely to get depressed, Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Shanta B Astige & Ashwini Jane, (2011). AGING AND WOMEN'S HEALTH: AN EVALUATION. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. X, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/544.pdf References : - Clark M and Barbara GA (1967): Culture & Aging – An Anthropological Study of Old Americans. Springlefield.
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