A Study of Degenerating Emotional Maturity in the Aged Adults due to Financial Insecurity

By : Debjani Mukherjee

Page No: 265-274

Abstract
Few studies document the efficacy of primary prevention efforts in preventing depressive disorders in the elderly. The author argues that the attainment of positive mental health depends in considerable part upon an individual’s financial status in old age. In countries like India where there is no care and help given by the state in terms of financial and medical, elderly are totally dependent on their lifetime savings or their family members for sustenance. The concept of joint family system that was the backbone of the older generation is slowly taking a westward turn and shrinking into single unitary family. The cost of living and the inflation are on the rise. The savings that looked like a big amount at the official retiring age of 60 is a paltry amount by the time he reaches 70. An effort has been made in this study to unearth the relation between financial status - independency or dependency on other family members and the emotional maturity of the elderly.

Author :
Debjani Mukherjee : Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, St Thomas College, Bhilai. ( C.G )