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Status of Physical Health of Elderly Living With Children and in Empty Nest Families:An In-Depth Study


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Ageing is a part of living. Poor health is often observed as one of the most serious problems in old age. Therefore by keeping the health concern of elderly in mind the study aimed to study in detail the Status of Physical health of elderly living with children and in empty nest families was conducted on a sample of 120 elderly man and women with children and in empty nest families, randomly selected from three chosen localities of Ludhiana city. The objective of the study was to assess the status of physical well-being of the elderly living with married children and in empty nest families. The results revealed that the level of different types of physical health problems on the whole was low among elderly men and women living in both the settings. However, the elderly parenting living in empty nest families were suffering from higher number of physical health problems as compared to them living with children.

Keywords

Ageing, Physical Health, Parenting, Empty Nest, Problems.
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Authors

Jatinder K. Gulati
Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), India
Samreet Kaur
Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), India

Abstract


Ageing is a part of living. Poor health is often observed as one of the most serious problems in old age. Therefore by keeping the health concern of elderly in mind the study aimed to study in detail the Status of Physical health of elderly living with children and in empty nest families was conducted on a sample of 120 elderly man and women with children and in empty nest families, randomly selected from three chosen localities of Ludhiana city. The objective of the study was to assess the status of physical well-being of the elderly living with married children and in empty nest families. The results revealed that the level of different types of physical health problems on the whole was low among elderly men and women living in both the settings. However, the elderly parenting living in empty nest families were suffering from higher number of physical health problems as compared to them living with children.

Keywords


Ageing, Physical Health, Parenting, Empty Nest, Problems.

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