M A in Sociology, S/o Kallukamba Pampapathy Plot no 24 Gandhi Nivasa M.K. Nagar, Ballari-58310
Online published on 22 June, 2018.
Ageing is unavoidable and inevitable stage of human being where everyone come across this stage but the problems faced by them are different in nature and their impact on their personal life at different periods of time, some problems effect physically and psychologically, but the impact of psychological problems are more when compared to physical problems. The population of elderly in India is estimated to be 7.6 crore projected studies have indicated that the number of those aged sixty plus in India will increase to 100million in 2015 and 198 million 2030. 80percent of the elderly population living in rural area and 30percent of them are in below poverty line. By the year 2016 51percent of the elderly population would be woman. In Kuruba community there are 1, 096 elderly people in Kappagal village of Bellary district find physical and psychological problems, because of their occupation, lack of medical facility, domestic violence and migration. As they spend their life with sheep which are affected by diseases and people use to adjust their life style according to the place they migrate but however they are also affected by psychological problem as well. Elder people in Kuruba community are neglected because younger generation think that elder people are of no use as they are weak to carry out their occupation and they feel they are burden for family rather than a asserts for them. So elder people are isolated and find problem in their family
