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Gerontology & Geriatrics Studies

Gerontology Counts: A Sociological Appraisal

Submission: October 10, 2020;Published: November 05, 2020

DOI: 10.31031/GGS.2020.06.000636

ISSN 2578-0093
Volume 6 Issue 3

Abstract

It is already obvious that due to the development of science and technology in different dimensions, a large number of people are getting aged in all parts of the world. Those countries which reached aging earlier, put the study of demography and gerontology on the agenda quite earlier. Such countries do not have many problems with their aging people. But, many countries in developing world that handled aging late, or not at all, are facing increasing problems with their aging people, i.e. their pensions, medications, housing and many more at the age of 65 and over. Such countries have not scientifically predicted their population on their move toward aging. In developing countries, the increasing aging people are living with shortfalls in their medications, livelihood, nursing, income etc.

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