Southern African Journal of Gerontology, volume 3, number 1, April 1994

Ferreira, Monica (editor); Møller, Valerie (editor); HSRC/UCT Centre for Gerontology

Title: Southern African Journal of Gerontology, volume 3, number 1, April 1994
Creator: Ferreira, Monica (editor)
Creator: Møller, Valerie (editor)
Creator: HSRC/UCT Centre for Gerontology
Subject: Gerontology -- South Africa
Subject: Older people -- Care -- South Africa
Date Issued: 1994
Date: 1994
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:8068
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012860
Description: A typical case, culled from the author's own experience in the Third World, points towards a major crisis in ageing in the near future for many developing countries. Whilst the increase in numbers of elderly, both gross and proportionate, is well-known, it is not so widely realised that the increase in developing countries will far outstrip that in industrialized nations. Although the elderly were historically cared for within the traditional extended family structure, that system is now breaking down before the advance of migration and easy divorce. Many elderly persons are left alone in depopulated communities. Others fail to adapt in the rural-to-urban transition. Most developing countries have no firmly established services for the elderly. However, as awareness of the impending crisis increases, community groups assist the elderly in developing their own initiatives to avoid the local effects of the crisis.
Format: 36 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: HSRC/UCT Centre for Gerontology, University of Cape Town
Language: English
Relation: (1994)Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 3 (1). ISSN:1019-8016
Rights: Ferreira, Monica (editor)
Rights: Møller, Valerie (editor)

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