Aging in Developing Countries

By Ken Tout

The increasing life expectancy seen in developing countries has coincided with massive migrations due to urbanization, industrialization, and disasters, both natural and man-made, to cause acute physical and psychological suffering for many old people and their dependents. In this study, 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198272766
• ISBN13: 9780198272762
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"