My life my way! The proactive coping among urban elderly case studies of elderly in Chandigarh, India

Pages: 184-189
Preetika (Government College for Girls Panchkula, Haryana)
Ravneet Chawla (Department of Human Development & Family Relations Government Home Science College, Chandigarh)

A healthy pattern of living calls for satisfaction of objectives of one’s life and determining fulfillment at each phase of his life compass however the genesis of disgrace towards the elderly yields up on the grounds that they don’t stay sufficiently deft to adapt to the way of life of modern society. The structure of way of life set up amid adulthood, starts to change with the onset of old age. The aging experience incorporates the contemplations, emotions and activities of the elderly. The old age welcomes transitions that affect their adjustment patterns. The objective of this research paper hence, was to explore the predominant adjustment issues amid old age and positive coping strategies adopted by the elderly. The literature review taken from different sources mainly tossed light upon the changes that originate from aging. The elderly experience decrease in their ability that incorporates their loss of physical quality and working, conceptive limit and get to be inclined to assaults of different maladies. The social alteration issues extensively concerned the zones of depression, relocation, conjugal status and material neediness. Changing Indian financial situation has influenced the foundation of family by lessening its ability to deal with its older members. Case studies, observations and interviews of welfare officers were therefore, conducted to look upon the changing trends in the lifestyle patterns of elderly. Detachment and maladjustment, self-sufficient support system, pensions after retirement, acceptance of transitions in societal systems were the recent trends cited among the elderly. Lifestyle changes have therefore, emerged in the paper, which can recuperate the elderly from any maladjustments and guide other individuals for healthy alternates during their old age.