Problems and Expectations of Elderly citizens of Jorhat district of Assam
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2022
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The study entitled “Problems and Expectations of Elderly Citizens of Jorhat
district of Assam” was undertaken with the objectives: 1. To study the background profile
of the respondents. 2.To identify the problems faced by the respondents. 3.To find out the
expectation of the respondents. 4.To elicit the association between expectation and
problems of the respondents with selected independent variables. A purposive cum simple
random sampling method was adopted for selecting the sample of 400 respondents. The
respondents were selected from five wards having highest elderly population under Jorhat
Municipality Board. Primary data was collected through personal interview. The study
revealed that majority of the respondents (54.50%) belonged to the young elderly age
group, 59.00 per cent were from nuclear family and have medium family size (67.00%),
had education up to graduation (37.25 %) and pension was the main source of income for
57.25 per cent of respondents. Majority (74.50%) of the respondents were married. Most of
them had 1-2 children (84.00%). The findings further showed that majority of the
respondents belonged to medium socio-economic status (72.00%). The study also
highlighted that in health problems, most of the respondents had diabetes (41.00%), high
blood pressure (40.50%) and knee & joint pain (30.00%). Under emotional/psychological
problems most of the respondents suffered from loneliness (27.00%), memory loss
(12.25%) and constant worry (5.75%). In social problems, most of the respondents felt that
the public places are not elderly-friendly (35.50%), Under financial problems, respondents
mainly felt that the available finances are not sufficient for day-to-day expenses (19.50%),
For neglect and abuse, a little per cent of respondents was subjected to some kind of verbal/
emotional abuse inside/outside home (12.25%) The type of abuse experienced was mainly
humiliation (6.50%), verbal assault (6.50%). The respondents mainly faced neglect due to
not taken for regular medical check-ups (9.50%). Findings also highlighted that under
expectations from family members the respondents mainly expected to be being around
when needed (34.00%). In expectations from society most (40.75%) of the respondents
expected the society to create separate clubs, association and other social networks catering
to the need of the elderly people followed by should create a secured environment for the
elderly (33.50%) Under expectations from the Government the respondents mainly
expected that there should be separate counters with all supporting facilities for elderly
peoples in all govt/non-govt organizations (31.75%). Findings also showed that age, family
type and previous occupation, all these variables affected the problems of the respondents
except for educational qualification and organizational membership. It also revealed that
the variables age, previous occupation and organizational membership did not affect the
expectations of the respondents except for the educational qualification and family type.