Health Conditions Of Elderly People: A Sociological Study

The primary focus of the present study is to analyse socio-economic conditions of elderly living in old age homes of Hyderabad-Karnataka region (Kalyan-Karnataka Region). Due to physical weakness, psychological worries and depression, most of the old aged people face the problem of poor health. Such habits include alcoholism, smoking, chewing tobacco and such others. These habits result in poor health of old aged people. Of course, some of the old aged people are luck to possess good health conditions and few may be unlucky to get poor health. Health conditions are major concern or problem faced by most of the old aged people. The old age people require support and help during ill health. There is need for support preferably from their own family member. Hence, the primary data collected on the health conditions of the old aged people living in old age homes are analysed, interpreted and discussed as under