Ageing Population of Urban India & Psychological Well-being Issues

Abstract

Groundswell in the population of the elderly has multitudinous implications on the economy of a nation as well as the structure of public policies and programmes. Maintaining the health and wellbeing of the elderly, who constitute a large part of India's population is an emerging area of concern in law as well as psychology. This chapter addresses the predicament of the ageing population and the various inequalities and transgressions such as elderly abuse and fiduciary crime that thwart successful ageing and wellbeing. Contemporary conceptions of wellbeing such as that of remarriage, bereavement and resilience in the elderly are also discussed. Furthermore, inadequacies of the policies and programmes developed on the national as well as global level to safeguard the needs of the elderly are also explored.