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No Aging in India: Alzheimer’s, the Bad Family, and Other Modern Things, Lawrence Cohen, 1998
Some of the main points of this book brought up the dialogue that gerontologist are using to describe aging historically as well as in India currently (over a decade ago at the time of publishing). Along with discussing the concerns arising from terminology this book also focuses on modernization and how that is affecting the family and the aging population. I enjoyed reading about other research that has been done in India on aging. This book was helpful in adding to my basic knowledge of aging in India and in bringing up questions about the terminology that I am using.
Aging and the Indian Diaspora: Cosmopolitan Families in India and Abroad, Sarah Lamb, 2009
This book focused on modernization of families and specifically old age homes. Sarah Lamb previously wrote another book on aging in India that I am in the process of reading. She used her previous research and that of Cohen (1998) to show how things have been changing, and how aspects of the family and aging currently exist in India. I particularly found the parts about multigenerational care and homes to be helpful in my research. I feel like I have a much stronger and realistic grasp of what family structure is like and what some of the familial roles of each generation were historically and how they are changing.
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The Experience of Aging: A Phenomenological Perspective
Silva MG, Boemer MR. Rev Latinor-am Enfermagem 2009 Maio-junho; 17 (3): 380-386
This article is based off of research that was done in Central and Western Brazil. The title initially stuck out to me because it is so similar to the one I used for my project in Ghana. The research was very similar to what I was working on in Ghana and what I hope to be able to do in India. The methods particularly were great for me to read about. It was another project focused on the phenomenological approach to study aspects of aging. This research was specifically looking at nursing care. While I will be looking at perceptions this article is a good example of current research that is taking place using similar methods to what I am hoping to use.
Ageism in India- Editorial
Editor, Indian Journal of Gerontology 2007 Vol. 21, special issue on Ageism
This article was the introductory editorial to the special issue on Ageism in India. It was a solid overview of ageism and aging in India. It looked at research that has been done, why the findings might be the way they are, and what research might be continued. It is useful in citing research that has been done in India and showing what attitudes toward aging may be currently.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging
Lynn M. Teppers, Thomas M. Cassidy
2004 Springer Publishing Company, Inc
This is a book with a compilation of chapters looking at aging. I chose it specifically for its chapter and focus on Ethics and the Elderly written by Eileen R. Chichin. The chapter included ethical case studies of current aging issues dealing with health, autonomy, and physicians. These accounts of ethical situations and what could/should be done in them were really thought provoking. It is a big concern of mine that I am being ethical in my research. This includes me not assuming that they are not fully functioning adults that deserve to know exactly what I am doing. I must also approach them as a potentially vulnerable population making sure that I am being ethical.
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Notes on Love in a Tamil Family Margaret Trawick, University of California press. 1990.
I enjoyed reading this ethnography set in Tamil Nadu, India. This is one of the few books that I have read that are entirely about Tamil culture. This book focused on the expression of love, kinship, and familial bonds. There was a lot of information to gather from this book. There are a few main ideas that really stuck out to me. The first is the term anpu. This is one of the main forms of love. It is not exhibited in the Western American since of love, but it is a very strong form of love. The Second point was that of habit or parakkam. How through habit you will become whatever that habit is. Without parakkam, love was impossible. The kinship structure- particularly the cross-cousin marriage and household structure will be very important for me to understand. While I am working across generations and particularly with the elderly it will affect where certain people are living and with whom they associate. The final main idea I took away from the book is that of the bonds between Mothers-Daughters, Fathers-Sons, Husband-Wife, and Brother-Sister. I am excited to see how these bonds play out in a day to day setting and within my research particularly the both of parent and child.
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Psycho-Social Aspects of Aging in India
Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon
Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi 110059, 1992
This book was a collection of papers and studies of varying topics related to aging. I particularly enjoyed the introduction (which discussed gerontology as a whole along with theoretical approaches to aging). This was a good stepping off place for digging deeper into the theories surrounding aging and the way that it can be studied.
The Meaning of Concept 'old age' as held by the Community- This chapter introduced what defined 'aging' to the individual and the community. This study over-viewed a concept that I previously was studying in Ghana. This is some of my first reading focused on aging in India and how it is viewed by the community.
These were two of the sections in the book that I found to be the most beneficial to my interest. Overall I liked reading this book. It was easy to understand and engaging. There is a significant bibliography containing other researchers and projects that I can further study.
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Ageing in India: Drifting intergenerational relations, challenges and options
Anitha Kumari Bhat, Raj Dhruvarajan. Ageing and Society. Cambridge:Sep 2001. Vol. 21, Part 5 p. 621-640 (20 pp.)
Anitha Kumari Bhat, Raj Dhruvarajan. Ageing and Society. Cambridge:Sep 2001. Vol. 21, Part 5 p. 621-640 (20 pp.)
This was a great reading on the overview of what is happening with aging in India. It outlines the issues affecting the family and the Aged. These issues include basic demographics (the rapidly aging population), concepts of old age, changing social structure and institutions, problems of older people, living arrangements, economics of aging, and some options for policies. I found this article to be extremely useful. It briefly covered all of these topics. I found the section on the concept of old age very instructive. It gave the guidelines for how old age is determined within and Indian contacts. The one downfall of this article is that it was written in 2001. I would love to find something more recent that does an equally well job at describing and explaining aging in India currently. I am going to look up information on the authors to hopefully find more from them in recent years.
There is a section that is all about research that has been done in Tamil Nadu and what is happening in that location. Looking over the article it will be helpful for understanding some of the changes that have taken place over the last couple of decades. Its focus on the challenges isn't necessarily what I am studying, but it shows a glimpse of what is already taking place within the culture and briefly touches on how aging is be perceived and if this view is not checked it could cause many more challenges for the future.
'Active ageing': a qualitative study in six Caribbean countries
PATRICK CLOOS, CAROLINE F ALLEN, BEATRIZ E ALVARADO, MARIA VICTORIA ZUNZUNEGUI, DONALD T SIMEON, DENISE ELDEMIRE-SHEARER. Ageing and Society. Cambridge:Jan 2010. Vol. 30, Iss. 1, p. 79-101 (23 pp.)
PATRICK CLOOS, CAROLINE F ALLEN, BEATRIZ E ALVARADO, MARIA VICTORIA ZUNZUNEGUI, DONALD T SIMEON, DENISE ELDEMIRE-SHEARER. Ageing and Society. Cambridge:Jan 2010. Vol. 30, Iss. 1, p. 79-101 (23 pp.)
While this study was done in the Caribbean I found it really useful for its methods. It was a qualitative study that was done in six different countries. I am particularly interested in learning about active aging. I like this study because it is not just active aging, but it was determining it from the view of the aged themselves. The study was looking at what creates a healthy aging process. That is something that I am also interested in India. How is aging perceived and experienced and in all reality is it healthy? Are there things that need to be done? What is the current situation for those that are aging? These are all questions that this article tries to answer as well as bring up. I may not use this as an article that I cite in my paper, but it is useful for learning what other studies are taking place cross-culturally and currently.
Attitudes and Intention Toward Old Age Home Placement: A Study of Young Adult, Middle-Aged, and Older Chinese.
Authors:Tang, Catherine1 tang.catherine@nus.edu.sg
Wu, Anise2 anisewu@umac.mo
Yeung, Dannii3 dannii.yeung@cityu.edu.hk
Yan, Elsie4 elsieyan@hkucc.hku.hk
Wu, Anise2 anisewu@umac.mo
Yeung, Dannii3 dannii.yeung@cityu.edu.hk
Yan, Elsie4 elsieyan@hkucc.hku.hk
Source:Ageing International; Dec2009, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p237-251, 15p, 3 Charts
This might be one of the most beneficial articles that I have read so far. It may focus on old age homes in China, but it also looks at it from perceptions (attitudes) of an inter-generational study. I loved reading what the researchers did. They took samples of multiple age groups. Then they had a questionnaire that they handed out. Part of which is based off of the Kogan Attitudes toward old people scale (OP, KAOP, or KOP that was originally used in the early 1960's) How is it that they measure the attitudes of the elderly? It might be a place to start in making sure that my methods are appropriate and legitimate. I will want to make sure that they are culturally appropriate and will answerer my question. I am interested in the perceptions of age and this is more of attitude toward the elderly. I will have to wait and see what I can find on this.
--The KAOP created quite a diversion from my original searching. I looked up and ready many things about this scale. There have been many negative and positive reviews. Most of the negative are that it is too biased and now outdated. Those positive reviews recognized that it was biased and accounted for them. As for being out dated or not fitting culturally I found several scales that have adapted it towards there participants (Turkey and China for instance). I have started searching for one used in India. So far I have not found a adapted version for India, but I did find a study that was looking at something very similar.
Perceptions of Ageism Across the Generations
D. Jamuna and P.V. Ramamurti
Indian Jouranl of Gereontology; 2007, vol. 21, No. 2. Pp 198-205
This would be a study very similar to the one that I am hoping to do. I am not necessarily trying to gauge ageism, but I do want to know what the perceptions of age are. My first thought that what I want to do is to similar and, therefore, I should try and do something different. I believe thought that the purposes in the initial research are different. They were trying to determine which groups had the highest rate of ageism if any. I am interested in the experience of aging. What it is like to grow old from the perspective of the aged? How does this view effect the experience? And how do youth see the aging process?
