Difference Between Disability And Disability

DISABILITY AND ELDERLY

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Disability, like age, also has biological and social aspects. Early models defined disability as a deviation from normal functioning, and were premised on statistical models (e.g. Boorse’s bio statistical model. See Nordenfelt, 1995; Davis, 2006). Today, the term disability has evolved into a complicated multidimensional concept experienced and characterised from a variety of different perspectives: people with disability living in a range of social contexts, their significant others such as partners and family members, and members of formal institutions and professions such as doctors and social workers. Disability is a complex phenomenon. It reflects the interactions between a person’s body, features

His analysis of various literature reviews revealed that the social model, is premised on the conceptual separation between bodily restrictions (impairment) and their negative social effects (disability). Also, an earlier model used by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Classification of Impairments, Disability and Handicap, also relied on such a distinction but labelled the social effects of disability as handicaps. The more recent WHO document International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is a revised classification that aims to incorporate functional, individual and social factors in the understanding of disablement (World Health Organization, 2001). In his document, impairment has come to mean the problem of bodily function or structure, while disability is understood as an umbrella term covering impairments as well as their effects on limiting activity and participation, which may have environmental or physical explanations and handicap, on the other hand, has become a politically incorrect

Similarly, a higher percentage of elderly from SC, ST and other castes reported being in better health than OBC. Further, a higher proportion of the elderly from the highest wealth quintile households reported being in better health than those belonging to lower wealth quintile households. The study also covers the reasons for not working of the elderly and discloses that the main and the most common reason for not working is disability. The data also suggests that perception of being healthy decreases with increase in age irrespective of whether the person is male or female and that prevalence of functional disability is higher among elderly women than men. The report also cites that functionality among the elderly is assessed by two most common approach i.e. ADL and IADL.
Eight IADL domains have been covered in the survey: ability to telephone, shop, prepare food, do housekeeping and laundry, travel independently, dispense own medicine and handle finances. The oldest old, that is, persons 80 years and older, are the most vulnerable as they need more assistance for all the ADL domains and show less ability to perform the IADL. The report also states that in the Indian context the responses are bound to be and were influenced by cultural and gender stereotypes. Also, the disability of the elderly is strongly influenced by socio-cultural