Health status among aged women Dr. Singh Pooja1, Dr. Chaudhary Richa2 1Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, Government Girls College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India 2Associate Professor Department of Social Work, Ambedkar Degree College, New Delhi, India, Email: richachaudhary2004@gmail.com Online published on 24 August, 2018. Abstract Government of India adopted ‘National Policy on Older Persons’ in January, 1999. The policy defines ‘senior citizen’ or ‘elderly’ as a person who is of age 60 years or above. In India, generally, persons aged 15 to 59 years are supposed to form the population of working ages and at age 60, people generally retire or withdraw themselves from work. Elderly or old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings. The boundary of old age cannot be defined exactly because it does not have the same meaning in all societies. Thus, the Old age dependency ratio is defined as the number of persons in the agegroup 60 or more per 100 persons in the age-group 15–59 years. In the light of said paragraph present paper focuses on Health status and health care of aged women in India. Top Keywords Elderly, women, health, chronic, life expectancy. Top |