India is a country with fine tradition of respecting loving and supporting the aged. The extended families of several generations under the same roof were the basic unit of production and livelihood in traditional agricultural society in ancient India. Every society has developed its own system of caring of the aged base on its culture and tradition. India has developed a unique system of caring for the old by the family which maintains their dignity and fulfils their physical and emotional needs. In modern society, as a result of changing circumstances due to demographic transition, rapid pace of industrialization and urbanization, breakdown of joint or extended family structure into nuclear ones, the older people have become increasingly vulnerable not only to the physical disabilities but also to social, economic and emotional alienation and isolation.

Keywords: Aged, Tradition, Generation, Modern Society, Industrialization and Urbanization.