%0 Journal Article %1 venumadhava2014thinking %A VENUMADHAVA, G. S. %D 2014 %E Ahmad, Tauseef %J Reviews of Progress %K Care Family Joint Livelihood People Risk %N 3 %T THINKING OVER THE ELDER ABUSE %U http://reviewsofprogress.org/UploadedArticle/63.pdf %V 1 %X In India, while children pursue education and other career building activities and adults and middle aged engage themselves in earning livelihood, the elderly lead a retired life. In the same household three generations, namely, children, parents and grandparents reside side by side harmoniously. The elderly get care, support and comfort from their children and grandchildren. With the advent of modernity and globalization and the accompanying phenomena such as industrialization, urbanization and migration the conventional living style has been undermined. Number of nuclear families is increasing and more and more elderly are now living alone. This trend is gaining momentum with increase in life expectancy. The percept of regarding maintenance of elderly as a pious obligation is also wearing off. Because of these changes, elderly are feeling isolated and they are facing numerous other privations. They have become easy targets of criminals and elder abuse has become a social menace

@article{venumadhava2014thinking, abstract = {In India, while children pursue education and other career building activities and adults and middle aged engage themselves in earning livelihood, the elderly lead a retired life. In the same household three generations, namely, children, parents and grandparents reside side by side harmoniously. The elderly get care, support and comfort from their children and grandchildren. With the advent of modernity and globalization and the accompanying phenomena such as industrialization, urbanization and migration the conventional living style has been undermined. Number of nuclear families is increasing and more and more elderly are now living alone. This trend is gaining momentum with increase in life expectancy. The percept of regarding maintenance of elderly as a pious obligation is also wearing off. Because of these changes, elderly are feeling isolated and they are facing numerous other privations. They have become easy targets of criminals and elder abuse has become a social menace}, added-at = {2014-08-17T06:27:06.000+0200}, author = {VENUMADHAVA, G. S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f60155a3a48d1872f5cf456850be1334/sciencejournal}, editor = {Ahmad, Tauseef}, interhash = {933e553c9b08b2dd2ad249a6cdc39018}, intrahash = {f60155a3a48d1872f5cf456850be1334}, journal = {Reviews of Progress }, keywords = {Care Family Joint Livelihood People Risk}, month = may, number = 3, timestamp = {2014-08-17T06:27:06.000+0200}, title = {THINKING OVER THE ELDER ABUSE }, url = {http://reviewsofprogress.org/UploadedArticle/63.pdf}, volume = 1, year = 2014 }