Sep 25, 2023 · Nepal has a relatively young population, with 20.8 percent of people aged 16-25 years and 40.68 percent aged between 16-40 years. Meanwhile, the population of the elderly is increasing, according to the Nepal Population and Housing Census 2021.

Elderly care in the present-day Nepali society is affected with the changes in the family arrangements. The old age situations without children, children away from home, and out migration of...

In Nepal, over 85% of elderly people live in rural areas that are developmentally poor, lack general health care access, and depend primarily on traditional farming and remittance for income generation. 17 Especially in the rural areas, elderly people tend to be illiterate, have limited sources of income, and have poor health and nutrition ...

There have been numerous cases where elderly parents are left behind by their children, with some extreme cases involving leaving them on the street or in temples. In other cases, children in urban areas keep their parents with them until they transfer their property to their children’s name.

This study finds evidence of similar changes in attitudes in rural Nepal: overall, men and women grow less supportive of sons and daughters caring for parents in old age.

Most of the elderly parents who are living in the elderly care home have family with their children and grandchildren, but still they are abandoned by the family.

In Nepali tradition, sons are morally obligated to provide care and support to their elderly parents. It is estimated that more than 80% of elderly in Nepal live with their children. Only 2.7% of the elderly in Nepal are living with their daughters, which may be due to the cultural taboos that prevent parents from living with married daughters [3].

The elderly people in Nepal spend their entire life to bring up their children. Cohabitation is the only guarantee that elderly parents will receive support from their adult children.

Aug 15, 2017 · Nepal’s old age homes are filled with aging citizens who were abandoned by their adult children. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has put forth an amendment to the Senior Citizens Act which would require children to pay 10 percent of their income toward their parents’ care.

Dec 6, 2018 · Field research in dying villages: the human geographer Sarah Speck uses interviews to find out what it’s like to be old in rural Nepal.