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Health care of the rural aged — final report (1st April 1984 to 29th February 1988) of the ICMR Task Force Project on health care of the rural aged, Centre for Advanced Research on Health and Behaviour, ... Madurai
Author(s)	A Venkoba Rao
Corporate Author	Indian Council of Medical Research
Publisher	Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1990
Pages	99 pp
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Physical disabilities ; Health services ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; India.
Annotation	The aim of this study was to develop a strategy for providing comprehensive health care, including mental health care, to older people in the rural community, and to develop a feasible model for the delivery of health services to the rural older population using the existing health infrastructure. The study was conducted at primary health care centres in Madurai, India, between 1984 and 1988. Data was collected from a sample of older people on demography, family composition and integration; physical and psychiatric morbidity; and disabilities. The subjects were followed up for three years and the outcome of intervention measures were assessed. In addition, the attitudes of older people towards the services offered and the impact of a geriatric clinic in the area were studied by sub-sample surveys.
Accession Number	CPA-970805216 B
Classmark	CC: E: BN: L: DP: 3J: 7FA
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