This paper conceptualises ageing of the digital-era young population into the digital-elderly pop... more This paper conceptualises ageing of the digital-era young population into the digital-elderly population expected to emerge from 2030 AD. The term "digital-elderly" denotes the sixty and above-aged population, who had exposure to digital technologies in their early life stages and are enjoying digital life in their elderly hood. The paper projects approximately 7.4 million digital youth will become digital elderly by 2030 AD, 1.4 billion by 2040, 2 billion by 2050, 2.3 billion by 2060, and 3.1 billion by 2,100 respectively. The Digital elderly might be a distinct demographic phenomenon having potential advantages over their predecessors of having active digital-engagement avenues. It is expected that digital engagement could be the determining factor of the quality of life of the digital elderly in the digital era. And digital disengagement might be a major concern at the advanced stages of the digital elderly hood due to bio-psycho-social and economic issues. The paper concludes that the upcoming digital-elderly population will transform the present social order of older adulthood by being a distinct socio-political entity in the upcoming constantly evolving information society.
Journal of Social Work Education and Practice 5(2) 72-79, 2020
Reproductive Health remains an unmet need for millions of populations in India. Knowledge, attitu... more Reproductive Health remains an unmet need for millions of populations in India. Knowledge, attitude, and practice on reproductive health are hugely interconnected to the social fabrics of Indian society. And most of the Social factors are not favouring a better reproductive health care behaviour among the general public. This paper conceptualizes three social factors that have a strong negative impact on reaching out to reproductive health service in India, i.e., Secret Subject, Natural Learning, and Gendering. These social factors play a crucial negative role in three levels, Individual, Community and the Public Health Care Delivery of reproductive health. In this scenario, this paper poses a top to bottom approach model in addition to the existing bottom to top approach model to resolve these issues to an extent.
Medical Social Work (MSW) is an essential profession in major speciality hospitals in India. The ... more Medical Social Work (MSW) is an essential profession in major speciality hospitals in India. The role plays a crucial by providing psychosocial intervention and patient case management service. The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic has put Medical Social Work practice under severe stress and strain. Observing social and physical distancing is a great challenge while carrying out the practice. It caused either partial or complete cessation of regular social work practice and leaving an ethical dilemma. However, the dynamic Covid-19 circumstances opened many opportunities to learn and practice new role in the form of Coordinating Patient Intake-Process, Frontline Social Work, Online Medical Social Work and part of Covid-19 vaccination team. The new roles have increased the workload and lead to quarantine and isolation often. All these volatile situations might lead to work-life balance issues as well. The stagnation of academic and professional development activities due to Covid-19 is a real loss for the profession.
COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all. First reported in Wuhan province in China on 31 ... more COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all. First reported in Wuhan province in China on 31 December 2019 (WHO, 2020) and it has been declared as a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020 (WHO, 2020). The first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in India was on 30 January in Kerala (WHO,2020). Of late, India ranks 3rd in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the world (as on 11/07/2020 active cases are 2 83407 and lost 22123 lives) (My Gov, 2020). As seen in the worst affected countries, all age groups are equally vulnerable to COVID-19. However, the sixty-plus (60+) age group with comorbidity are the worst affected in terms of mortality rate and related complications (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2020). In this juncture, being an ageing country of having more than 7.8 % of older adults to its total population, and having a diverse socioeconomic condition, India needs special strategies to protect its older adult’s population from the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper conceptualises ageing of the digital-era young population into the digital-elderly pop... more This paper conceptualises ageing of the digital-era young population into the digital-elderly population expected to emerge from 2030 AD. The term "digital-elderly" denotes the sixty and above-aged population, who had exposure to digital technologies in their early life stages and are enjoying digital life in their elderly hood. The paper projects approximately 7.4 million digital youth will become digital elderly by 2030 AD, 1.4 billion by 2040, 2 billion by 2050, 2.3 billion by 2060, and 3.1 billion by 2,100 respectively. The Digital elderly might be a distinct demographic phenomenon having potential advantages over their predecessors of having active digital-engagement avenues. It is expected that digital engagement could be the determining factor of the quality of life of the digital elderly in the digital era. And digital disengagement might be a major concern at the advanced stages of the digital elderly hood due to bio-psycho-social and economic issues. The paper concludes that the upcoming digital-elderly population will transform the present social order of older adulthood by being a distinct socio-political entity in the upcoming constantly evolving information society.
Journal of Social Work Education and Practice 5(2) 72-79, 2020
Reproductive Health remains an unmet need for millions of populations in India. Knowledge, attitu... more Reproductive Health remains an unmet need for millions of populations in India. Knowledge, attitude, and practice on reproductive health are hugely interconnected to the social fabrics of Indian society. And most of the Social factors are not favouring a better reproductive health care behaviour among the general public. This paper conceptualizes three social factors that have a strong negative impact on reaching out to reproductive health service in India, i.e., Secret Subject, Natural Learning, and Gendering. These social factors play a crucial negative role in three levels, Individual, Community and the Public Health Care Delivery of reproductive health. In this scenario, this paper poses a top to bottom approach model in addition to the existing bottom to top approach model to resolve these issues to an extent.
Medical Social Work (MSW) is an essential profession in major speciality hospitals in India. The ... more Medical Social Work (MSW) is an essential profession in major speciality hospitals in India. The role plays a crucial by providing psychosocial intervention and patient case management service. The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic has put Medical Social Work practice under severe stress and strain. Observing social and physical distancing is a great challenge while carrying out the practice. It caused either partial or complete cessation of regular social work practice and leaving an ethical dilemma. However, the dynamic Covid-19 circumstances opened many opportunities to learn and practice new role in the form of Coordinating Patient Intake-Process, Frontline Social Work, Online Medical Social Work and part of Covid-19 vaccination team. The new roles have increased the workload and lead to quarantine and isolation often. All these volatile situations might lead to work-life balance issues as well. The stagnation of academic and professional development activities due to Covid-19 is a real loss for the profession.
COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all. First reported in Wuhan province in China on 31 ... more COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all. First reported in Wuhan province in China on 31 December 2019 (WHO, 2020) and it has been declared as a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020 (WHO, 2020). The first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in India was on 30 January in Kerala (WHO,2020). Of late, India ranks 3rd in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the world (as on 11/07/2020 active cases are 2 83407 and lost 22123 lives) (My Gov, 2020). As seen in the worst affected countries, all age groups are equally vulnerable to COVID-19. However, the sixty-plus (60+) age group with comorbidity are the worst affected in terms of mortality rate and related complications (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2020). In this juncture, being an ageing country of having more than 7.8 % of older adults to its total population, and having a diverse socioeconomic condition, India needs special strategies to protect its older adult’s population from the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
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