*Research Scholar, Department of Community Medicine, I.M.S., Banaras Hindu University
**Asstt. Professor, Department of Community Medicine, I.M.S., Banaras Hindu University
***HOD, Department of Community Medicine, I.M.S., Banaras Hindu University
Online published on 15 February, 2014.
Different aspect of the body begins to decline at different times. Old age is the last phase of human life cycle. It is unequivocally a universal & irreversible process. Getting old mean changes occurring in the physical, psychological, socio-cultural and economic aspect of person. This in turn brings about a change in status & authority of the aged in society. These changes vary from society to society depending upon the level of economic development, ecological condition, occupations & socio-cultural & religious background of the group. Whether developed or developing, the aged people face a number of problems. This is due to occurrence of change in their personal life negatively & seriously & many began to think that they have become unwanted dependents. Sometime they have this negative perception about themselves but some time we make them realize that they are not more useful for us. Many times, they are considered as a burden because they are not economically productive. Further, their dependence on the young's brings a number of maladjustment & conflicts in day to day life.
So the main objective of the study is to examine the social support system and to elicit the attitude towards life and factor influencing them. For the purpose of Present study the cross sectional community based study design has adopted.
The present paper is based on empirical information collected from 700 aged Persons, among them 380 males and 320 female were selected through simple random sampling. The Universe of study consists of age 60 years and above residing in seven ward of urban Varanasi.
Interview schedule and non participatory observation will be used as primary sources and as secondary sources government reports, books, Paper, Magazines etc. has been used.
On the basis of this study it can be concluded that social support system of geriatrics population has weakened so the attitude towards life of geriatrics population is become negative.
Aged population, Attitude towards life, Factor influencing them
