scholarly journals Wealth Accumulation of the Elderly in Extended Families in Japan and Distribution of Wealth Within Japanese Cohorts by Household Composition: A Critical Analysis of the Literature

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Wealth Accumulation ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Extended Families

scholarly journals CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NIDANA AND NIDANAPARIVARJANA IN HRIDROGA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 2088-2092
Author(s):  
Namratha M V ◽  
Prashanth Jain ◽  
Geetha B Markande
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Planning Treatment

Ayurveda is the oldest medical science of human civilization which helps in preventing diseases and promoting health and longevity. Cardiovascular diseases are chronic disease pathology with acute manifestation and is a major cause of death in both the elderly and middle-aged. Nidana is the foremost component of Nidana Panchaka, which not only gives knowledge about causative factors of diseases but also helps in planning treatment protocol. Cardi- ovascular disorders as per Ayurveda can be studied under the spectrum of Hridroga. Over nourishment accompa- nied with physical inactivity leading to Santarpana state is well known to cause plethora of diseases like Hridroga. Consumption of food having mutual contradictory qualities results in morbid accumulation of Kapha and Meda in Raktamarga heralding Margavarana. It is said that the best treatment is Nidanaparivarjana i.e, to abstain from the causative factors. This paper deals with all the Nidanas of Hridroga and the importance of Nidanaparivarjana in preventing them. Keywords: Hridroga, Cardiovascular diseases, Nidana, Nidanaparivarjana

Gender, Household Composition and Receipt of Domiciliary Services by Elderly Disabled People

1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Arber ◽  
G. Nigel Gilbert ◽  
Maria Evandrou
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Disabled Elderly ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
Using Data

ABSTRACTUsing data from the 1980 General Household Survey, differences in the provision of statutory domiciliary services to disabled elderly people are explored. Domiciliary services vary in their degree of ‘substitutability’, that is, in the extent to which the care may be performed either by state services or by other members of the elderly person's household. Domestic support services are substitutable by any available carer; personal health and hygiene services are partially substitutable depending on the relationship between the carer and the cared for; and medical services are not substitutable by informal carers. The paper shows that discrimination by statutory services against women carers is dependent primarily on the household composition of the elderly person rather than on gender per se. Taking into account the level of disability of the elderly person, younger ‘single’ women carers receive no less support than ‘single’ men carers, but carers who are married women under 65 obtain the least domestic and personal health care support. Carers who are elderly receive more support than carers under 65. Among disabled elderly people who live alone, men receive somewhat more domestic and personal health services than women.

Familial Support for the Elderly in the Past: the Case of London's Working Class in the Early 1930s

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Kinship Networks ◽  
Familial Support ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTThis paper takes as its starting point the historical debate about the respective roles of family and state in providing, where necessary, for the elderly population. Using the original data cards from the New Survey of London it is possible to consider this in the light of the experience of the working class in London in the early 1930s by analysing data on household composition and income. This is the first time that data on household composition have been assembled for the period after 1881 and before the Census authorities themselves began systematically publishing results from 1951. The picture which emerges, supported by analyses of the income of the elderly, suggests that in this period the role of the family was small, though important no doubt in certain critical situations. It is recognised however that analyses of household structure go only part of the way in illuminating the very complex patterns of assistance which existed. We go on therefore to consider the limitations of this approach and speculate briefly on wider kinship networks, and their potential for assistance.

scholarly journals Silence or Voice? Agency Freedom among Elderly Women Living in Extended Families in Urban India

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 8779
Author(s):  
Ildikó Asztalos Morell ◽  
Santa De ◽  
Pravina Mahadalkar ◽  
Carl Johansson ◽  
Lena-Karin Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Extended Families

The preferential form of living for the elderly in India is within the extended family. India is undergoing rapid economic development, an increase in mobility, and changes in gender norms due to an increase in women’s labour force participation, which places challenges on traditional intergenerational relationships. Ageing and the well-being of the elderly is a rising concern, especially considering that their proportion of the population is expected to grow rapidly in coming decades. There is a lack of universal state provision for the elderly’s basic needs, which is especially profound for elderly women, since most do not have an independent income. This leaves the elderly dependent upon the benevolence of their adult children’s families or other relatives. This paper explores, with help of narrative analysis and critical contributions from capability theory, elderly women’s agency freedoms and how this can be contextualised with their varying capability sets. With help of Spivak’s notion of the silent subaltern, the paper anchors elderly women’s abilities to voice to their agency freedom. The master narrative of the silent supportive wife and side-lined mother-in-law as well as three counter-narratives explore alternative agencies taken by elderly women.

A People’s Portfolio of the United States

Divested ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 137-156
Author(s):  
Ken-Hou Lin ◽  
Megan Tobias Neely
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Wealth Accumulation ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Baby Boomer Generation ◽  
Social Class Inequality

This chapter focuses on how finance has transformed household wealth—a trend with long-term implications for how social-class inequality becomes entrenched. It first reviews the uneven distribution of wealth in the United States. Wealth inequality has risen since the last quarter of the 20th century. Today, fewer American families have sufficient means to accumulate wealth over time, and the concentration of capital in the hands of a select few has widened the fault line between the richest and the rest. The chapter also examines how the distribution of wealth has changed across generations—more precisely, what social scientists call “cohorts.” That is, wealth for the baby boomer generation differs greatly from wealth among the millennials. Since wealth accumulation develops over the course of a person’s life, families in young adulthood and near retirement are considered.

Postproverbials

Matatu ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-345
Author(s):  
Ositadinma Nkeiruka Lemoha ◽  
Felicia Ohwovoriole ◽  
Augustine Okechukwu Agugua
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Human Interaction

Abstract The wave of globalization and the attendant acculturation has uttered the contextual and conceptual rendition and meaning of traditional Igbo proverbs. In view of the fact that proverbs are wisdom from the elderly that reveals the peoples’ values, ethics, morals and worldviews. Therefore, the modernized versions of Proverbs attest to the fact of lack/loss of the ancient fervour. This paper attributes the loss of ancient morale to youth incursion and the consequent travesty of the proverbial space. It therefore, contends that Igbo postproverbial is a reaction to acculturation engendered by human interaction. Twenty-one pairs of Igbo proverbs made up of, the traditional proverb and its postproverbial version were subjected to critical analysis focusing on the culture dynamics in the construction of the postproverbials. The analysis of data is anchored on Herbert Blumer’s theory of symbolic interactionism. The paper establishes that Igbo postproverbial is a reaction to culture diffusion occasioned by human interaction and the accompanying changes in values, morals and worldviews.

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