Social care and support for elderly men and women in an urban and a rural area of Nepal

Abstract

This study has aimed to describe the care and support for urban and rural elderly people of Bhaktapur district, Nepal. Efforts were made to identify the feeling of some features of general well-beings associated to mental health, person responsible for care and support, capability to perform daily routine activities, sources of finance and ownership to the property. More than half of the respondents were found having single or multiple features of loneliness, anxiety, depression and insomnia. The rate of point prevalence loneliness was found higher in the above 80 years of age, urban respondents. Almost 9 in 10 respondents were capable themselves to dress, walk and maintain personal hygiene and majority of them were assisted by spouse, son/daughter-in-laws. Family support was common sources of income and ownership to the property was absolutely high.

Keywords::

• Financial support
• informal carer
• living arrangement
• preferred place of residence
• social care and support

Declaration of Interest: This article has met the requirements of The Nepal Health Research Council and permission was granted to conduct study. The author declares no conflict of interest.