To respect, serve, care and be grateful to the elderly is an age-old tradition in all religions and cultures in every country. Even our scriptures in India in all religions stress on the virtues of these values.
But unfortunately this trend is rapidly changing in our present society replacing our traditional cultural values with the modern outlook in the name of advancement and modernization. Transformation of societal characteristics has destroyed our joint family structure in the social system which was a great boon for the elderly in the famililis in those days This break down in family structure and values, brought in its wake several problems for the elderly such as lack of family support, economic insecurity, dependency, social isolation, elderly abuse, inadequate facilities for their care, lack of recreational avenues which led to several physical, psychological, emotional and…
