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A Study of Socio-Economic and Psychological Problems of Old Women in A village Community of Haryana
(Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar, 1984) Dahiya, Kanta; Singh, Raj
With the average span 0£ life considerably lengthened. l the problems of old age have now assumed social important, no less for the young, they too are, heading for old age. Annihilation of distances, the opening up of the village to urban influences, the breaking up of the joint family system and the attitude of older people and of younger generation towards old age - all these accentuate the problems of the ., elderly. Getting old today is, therefore, not so easy as it was 50 years ago. Aging and ageo represent a curious phenomenon in human life. The problems of old are net new, but they presented few problems in earlier societies than they have presented to us today. Human beings desire to live long, but wish to avoid the consequences of aging.