AGED IN URBAN FAMILIES: A Case-Study of the Aged in Goan and Punjabi Families in Mumbai

In our journey of life we pass through different stages and undergo varying relationships with members of our family, relatives and community at large. As a child, our relationships and experiences with parents are different from what we have during our adolescence and as married persons. All these experiences have an impact on our life. At our old age our relationship with other family members are very different and our requirements and expectations tend to be dissimilar from other periods of our life. All these have an impact on families and they tend to respond to the needs of the aged in different ways. This chapter presents the scenario of the aged in today’s world.