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Full Screen- Title
- Dedication
- Declaration
- Certificate (Guide)
- Certificate (Director)
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- 1. The contemporary geriatric problems of Kerala: A socio-medical analysis
- Ageing Population - A Historical Study
- 2. Review of Literature
- Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Ageing Process and Accompanying Changes
- National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP) 1999
- National Policy on Senior Citizens 2011
- Gandhian Concept of Family Systems
- Chavara Kuriakose Elias Message to Families
- Subjective Well-Being of the Care-Givers of the Victims of Dementia
- 3. Research methodology
- 4. Special problems of the Aged people
- Biological Theories of Ageing
- Various Geriatric Problems
- Some Forms of Old Age Abuse
- Model of Ageing with Disability
- Analysis of Socio-Economic Problems of Aged People by Survey Method
- Economic Problems Faced by the Aged
- 5. Dementia – The growing threats and challenges
- Nature and Causes of Dementia
- The Types of Dementia
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Vascular Dementia
- Dementia due to Lewy Body Disease
- Prevalence of Dementia by Age and Gender
- Prevalence of Dementia in India, 2010
- Symptoms of Dementia
- Problems of Dementia
- Impact of Dementia
- 6. Results and Interpretation
- 7. Summary, Findings, Suggestions and Intervention strategies
- Bibliography
- Appendices