AGING AND THE AGED - A CROSS-CULTURAL-STUDY

The phenomenon of ageing and the aged persons create some specific pro blems in human society. These vary community to community reflecting c onspicuous biocultural perspectives which needs to be studied to highl ight the overall phenomenon. In the present paper, the authors have ma de an attempt to see, by making a cross-cultural study into the condit ions, needs and problems of the aged with special reference to North E ast India in an urban setting.