Name: India's Elderly
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India’s Elderly

Issues and Perspectives

Edited By: Uma Charan Pati, Monalisa Mohapatra, Subhankari Pati

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This book by multidisciplinary experts proposes policies to manage our growing elderly population with care and compassion, and to tap into the benefits of this demographic. It explores gerontology, quality of life, functional independence, healthcare, and psycho-social issues.

This book is the result of a number of significant contributions of multidisciplinary character made by experts working on issues associated with our ever-growing elderly…

This book is the result of a number of significant contributions of multidisciplinary character made by experts working on issues associated with our ever-growing elderly population. The book proposes policies and measures to be put in place to manage the growing elderly brigade with love, affection, care and compassion, and to tap into the benefits of the demographic. The volume encapsulates highly relevant dimensions of geriatrics and gerontology such as aging and cognition; sleep quality and circadian rhythm; ontology of aging; and psycho-social theories and issues of gerontology. Along with quality of life and functional independence in old age, other areas of intervention have been prosed regarding lifestyle factors, chronic diseases, life satisfaction and subjective well-being, healthcare through Ayurveda, globalization, and environmental awareness.

Dr Uma Charan Pati, an Assistant Professor (S-III) and Head of the School of Economics at Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, India, holds a PhD in Economics from Sambalpur University, India. His research interests include Behavioral Economics, Corporate Finance, Financial Economics, and Quantitative Development Economics. He also serves as Deputy Registrar and PRO of the university and has published extensively in indexed journals.

Dr Monalisa Mohapatra, an Associate Professor at the School of Chemistry at the same university, completed her PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. She specializes in physical photochemistry and fluorescence spectroscopy, with several prestigious awards and numerous publications.

Dr Subhankari Pati, an Assistant Professor at Gangadhar Meher University, holds a PhD from Pondicherry Central University, India. Her research interests include Social and Political Philosophy, Feminism, Ethics, and Logic, with many publications in reputed journals.

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