THE EMERGING NEED OF ELDER’S INSTITUTIONAL CARE IN PAKISTAN
Keywords:
Social Relations, Family Nuclearization, Elders’ Institutional Care
Abstract
In Pakistani society, care for elders is considered as the responsibility of the family members. However, Pakistani society is in a transitory stage regarding the care of senior citizens, due to the increasing ratio of family nuclearization, attitudinal change toward elders, weaker social relations, industrialization, generation gap, the brain drain and participation of women in employment. These changes have adversely affected the status of senior citizens, particularly the oldest old predominantly in the urban areas. For the present study, data was collected from Gulbahar town, Peshawar, where thirty(30) respondents were selected from the target families, through purposive/convenience sampling. The collected data were analyzed thematically. According to the data most of the respondents supported the idea of institutional care for the senior citizens. Institutional care for elders is realized due to poverty, busy schedule of the family members and women empowerment.References
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2003: 18). Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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Current situation and future prospects. Pakistan Institute of
Development Economics.
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11/121101_ three_ sons_jailed_mb.shtml on 06-06-2013.
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Challenges for Policies and Programmes in Developed and
Developing Countries. United Nations Population Fund [en
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OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ELDERLY IN DISTRICT GUJRAT,
PAKISTAN. Academic Research International, 2(3), 661.
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free treatment and transport. Express Tribune. Retrieved from
http://tribune.com.pk/story/744692/first-of-its-kind-for-theelderly-
now-free-treatment-and-transport/
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guidelines: Elder abuse and neglect.
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Government of Pakistan.Islamabad.
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elderly population. Daily Dawn, Karachi. Retrieved from
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in 5 continents: real issues, real concerns. International
Federation on Aging. Retrieved from http://www.ifa-fiv.org/wpcontent/
uploads/2012/11/061_Discrimination-of-Older-People-in-
Asia-Age-Concern-England-DaneAge-Association-IFA-2006.pdf
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demographic variables among elderly. Open Access Scientific
Reports, 2(1), 1-4.
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in India. Int Refereed Res J, 2, 3-6.
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the United Nations Secretariat (2003). World population
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of senior citizen and related factors. Journal of human ecology,
22(3), 255-259.
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Pakistan: current status, issues, challenges and opportunities.
Rehman, I., & Mohyuddin, A. (2015). SOCIAL ISSUES OF SENIOR
CITIZENS. The Explorer Islamabad: Journal of Social Sciences,
8(1), 301-306.
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challenge. Ageing International, 36(4), 423-427.
Shippy, R. A., & Karpiak, S. E. (2005). Perceptions of support among
older adults with HIV. Research on aging, 27(3), 290-306.
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and Prospects. Pakistan Journal of Special Education. 11(2), 1-23.
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The comprehensive resource on geriatric and social care, 468-471.
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Nations Publications.
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Investment International Conference.
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World Health Organization. (2002). Missing voices: views of older persons
on elder abuse (No. WHO/NMH/VIP/02.1). Geneva: World
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Yaffe, M. J., & Tazkarji, B. (2012). Understanding elder abuse in family
practice. Canadian family physician, 58(12), 1336-1340.
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Economic Problems of Elderly People in Karachi. International
Journal of Asian Social Science, 7(7), 608-620.
Zeng, Y., Crimmins, E. M., Carriere, Y., & Robine, J. M. (Eds.).
(2006). Longer life and healthy aging (Vol. 2). Springer Science
& Business Media.
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