Abstract
In Pakistani society, care for elders is considered as the responsibility of the family members. However, Pakistani society is in a transitory stage regarding the care of senior citizens, due to the increasing ratio of family nuclearization, attitudinal change toward elders, weaker social relations, industrialization, generation gap, the brain drain and participation of women in employment. These changes have adversely affected the status of senior citizens, particularly the oldest old predominantly in the urban areas. For the present study, data was collected from Gulbahar town, Peshawar, where thirty(30) respondents were selected from the target families, through purposive/convenience sampling. The collected data were analyzed thematically. According to the data most of the respondents supported the idea of institutional care for the senior citizens. Institutional care for elders is realized due to poverty, busy schedule of the family members and women empowerment.
Dr. Muhammad Abrar, Dr.Sakina Riaz, Hamid Alam. (2018) THE EMERGING NEED OF ELDER’S INSTITUTIONAL CARE IN PAKISTAN, New Horizons, Volume-12, Issue 2.
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