Access to Geriatric Disability Care in India: A Roadmap for Research

Priyadarshini Chidambaram, S. D. Sreeganga, Anupama Sanjeev, Sarah Shabbir Suwasrawala, Suman Gadicherla, Lalitha Krishnappa and Arkalgud Ramaprasad ()
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Priyadarshini Chidambaram: Department of Community Medicine, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru 560 054, Karnataka, India
S. D. Sreeganga: Ramaiah Public Policy Center, School of Social Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru 560 054, Karnataka, India
Anupama Sanjeev: Management-Academics, Higher Education, Atria University, Bengaluru 560 024, Karnataka, India
Sarah Shabbir Suwasrawala: Ramaiah Public Policy Center, School of Social Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru 560 054, Karnataka, India
Suman Gadicherla: Department of Community Medicine, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru 560 054, Karnataka, India
Lalitha Krishnappa: Department of Community Medicine, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru 560 054, Karnataka, India
Arkalgud Ramaprasad: Department of Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-17

Abstract: This paper presents an ontological review of the global research on access to geriatric disability care and a roadmap for future research to address the problem in India. First, the dominant research focus is on resources (human, financial, and spatial) that affect access to disability care; there is little focus on informational and technological resources. Second, functional disabilities are the dominant focus of the research, followed by cognitive, mental, and locomotor disabilities; there is little focus on speech, hearing, and visual disabilities. Third, barriers, inhibitors, and catalysts of physical access are the dominant focus, with relatively less focus on virtual access; there is very little emphasis on the drivers to access. Fourth, the primary, although not dominant, focus is on access for urban and rural populations; there is very little focus on access for underserved and indigenous populations. Future research must address these gaps systematically to improve access. This paper adds: (a) a systemic framework for the study of an important, complex, emerging problem; (b) a systematic review of the global research on the problem; and (c) a research roadmap to address the emerging problem in India.

Keywords: geriatric; disability; access; healthcare; India; ontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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