Author : Ken Tout
Release : 1989
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Ageing in Developing Countries by : Ken Tout
Download or read book Ageing in Developing Countries written by Ken Tout. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing life expectancy seen in developing countries has coincided with massive migrations due to urbanization, industrialization, and disasters, both natural and man-made, causing acute physical and psychological suffering for many old people and their dependents. Tout takes the first in-depth look at this phenomenon and proposes a new approach to the special needs of the elderly in developing countries. Describing successful national programs already in place for the elderly, he highlights lesser-known difficulties, such as the responsibilities grandmothers may have to assume in the face of heterosexually-transmitted AIDS, and the consequences of the disintegration of the traditional extended family in countries too poor to provide pension schemes.