Open AccessPsychosocial status and economic dependence for healthcare and nonhealthcare among elderly population in rural coastal Karnataka
Author(s) -
Priyanka Dsouza Rent,
Sudeep Kumar,
Mackwin Kenwood Dmello,
Jagannath Purushotham
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_46_17
Subject(s) - psychosocial , loneliness , government (linguistics) , health care , population , medicine , family medicine , psychology , gerontology , environmental health , psychiatry , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , economics
The elderly who will constitute 10% of the Indian population by 2021 face problems such as deteriorating healthcare status, loneliness, and economic constraints among others. All these factors together may affect the psychosocial status of the elderly and their health-seeking behavior. With this background, the current study tried to evaluate the psychosocial status, economic dependence for health and nonhealth expenses and awareness regarding geriatric welfare services (GWS) among elderly patients.