Graceful Ageing Case Study

2.14.1 The Indian perspectives The Indian perspective offour ashrams namely Brahmacharya,Grihastha, Vanprastha and Sanyas represents one such way to realize graceful ageing. The first Ashram was preparation. The second was consummation. The third was of gradual withdrawal and fourth involved renunciation.It was clear that the ideal life was conceived as one in which second half was for -disengagement. While such ideas were not accepted in totality in practice, it did inform an overall view of life. In recent years the scenario has drastically changed. People have gradually developed a new orientation in which late adulthood and old age do not necessarily require one to disengage. Today in many jobs the age is no bar and in many jobs the official

The exploration of graceful ageing and its psychosocial value correlates will be helpful in planning suitable interventions and developing effective social policy. Graceful ageing is a multidimensional phenomenon involving psychological, physical, social, and economical dimensions. An individual’s status along these dimensions determines the well being of the elderly. Ageing can be best understood only in the light of a multidimensional approach that involves psychological, physical, social, and economical dimensions of the elderly. These dimensions jointly affect to determine the process of ageing. The personal status along these dimensions determines the well being of the elderly as graceful. The sum total of an individual well being and satisfaction with all those mentioned dimensions with reference to the others can be considered as graceful ageing. For these reasons, the subjective well-being of the elderly can only be authentically understood by studying the various dimensional influences on his or her life. Not only present status, past experiences and the future expectations of the individual equally affects the individual in his living

The Act provides that an application for maintenance can be made by
(c) parent or grand-parent, against one or more of his /her children, i.e., son, daughter, grandson and granddaughter, not being a minor; and
(d) childless senior citizen, against his/her relative, i.e. legal heir, not being a minor, who is in possession of or would inherit his property after his death. The Act also provides for the setting up of one or more Tribunals for each sub-division for the purpose of adjudicating and deciding upon the order of maintenance and for the constitution of Appellate Tribunal for each district to hear the appeal against the order of the Tribunal. Importantly, under the Act, the right to receive maintenance is enforceable against transfer of property of the parent/ senior citizen, if the transferee has notice of the right, or if the transfer is gratuitous though the same is not enforceable against the transferee for consideration and without