HEALTH CONDITION OF THE ELDERLY WOMEN: A NEED TO ENHANCE THEIR WELL BEING

Abstract

Ageing is a multidimensional process; old age is the closing period of the life of an individual. A person’s activities, attitude towards life, a relationship to the family and the work, biological capacities and physical fitness are all conditioned by the position in the age structure of the particular society in which he lives. Today in India elderly women face the miserable conditions in their life, as they are family bonded and not ready to live in old age homes. In order to study the condition of elderly women the present study was conducted in Coimbatore district with the focus on socio-economic and health status of elderly women. Totally 333 samples were selected by using the simple random sampling method. It was inferred that the elderly women have psychological problems like depression, isolation, loneliness and irritation. Health problem is the most serious thing that has to be concerned by the society on the whole …