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| Published: March 31, 2021
Interpersonal and Financial Adjustment of Elderly
Research Scholar, Department of Social Work, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India
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Professor (Rtd) Department of Social Work, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India
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DIP: 18.01.161/20210901
DOI: 10.25215/0901.161
ABSTRACT
About 100 million elderly are living in India. Every tenth person in the country has crossed the age of sixty years. Increasing aging humanity demands care and support during their period of debility. The aging itself demands adjustment. Elderly tends to face adjustment problems in different areas. The level of adjustment among elderly may vary with their living pattern. Among several areas of adjustment their financial and interpersonal adjustment is important as they may affect their level of relationship with the surroundings. Hence, an attempt was made to understand the level of interpersonal relations adjustment and financial adjustment of the elderly. Study considered 132 sample, consists of male and female, reliable and validated standardized scale was used to determine the adjustment and the score so obtained was analyzed with correlated with different pattern of living of elderly.
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© 2021, Cholvekar N. A. & Pai V. B.
Received: February 17, 2021; Revision Received: March 23, 2021; Accepted: March 31, 2021
Mr. Nitin A. Cholvekar @ acnitin@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.161/20210901
10.25215/0901.161
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021