Mental health, wellbeing and welfare of aged

Pages: 973-975
Sushree Rekha Mohanty (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Women’s Degree College, Sailashree Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India)

The growing numbers of older people are forcing nearly all societies and give recognition to the needs of aging and aged to develop program and facilities for meeting them. It includes good mental health, sense of wellbeing and quality of life of the elderly. The state, which has as its goal the general wellbeing of its people, cannot ignore the welfare of the elderly who have given their best years to society.