A Critical Analysis Of India's Elderly People Status: A Historical Synopsis

Abstract

The study discussed the various facets of ageing in the Indian context and various approaches to the treatment and care of the elderly worldwide brought into consideration and compared. Throughout the life cycle and across all cultures, demography and social expectations play a critical role in the ageing on primarily affecting the social productive capacities status position of these elder citizens.

The study analyses the role of elderly people throughout history and culture, comparing cultures of different countries, including Indians, Americans, Japanese, Chinese and those of other nations. This study offers a systematic literature review to understand how social, religious and legislative factors cut across and influence the lives of ageing people.

The elderly in India have been valued traditionally in the context of family with help from religion towards intergenerational care. Forced, the studies reveal the Hindu concern with duty to the parents, the Islamic respect for aged people and parental care, the Christian guidance concerning the treatment of elders. In the same way, traditions from Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, ethics for Elderly people and children have values of compassion and respect for the elderly.

Nevertheless, the study reveals that twenty-first-century issues, including elder abuse and neglect and inadequate social services, cultural and religious values still exist and have emerged from shifting family structures and increased urbanization. Consequently, the study eulogises for comprehensive anti-geriatric legislation and a cultural revival to respect and protect the rights of the elderly.

By embracing historical, religious, and legislative paradigms for gerontology, the study calls for an intergenerational inclusiveness and social justice-centered approach toward the challenges of gerontological importance, which are viewed as a contemporary global concern.