Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007: A Critical Appraisal.
Thomas Gregor IssacAbhishek RameshMukku Shiva Shanker ReddyPalanimuthu Thangaraju SivakumarChannaveerachari Naveen KumarSuresh Bada MathPublished in: Indian journal of psychological medicine (2021)
The MWP act is an important legal measure to ensure mainatinence and welfare of senior citizens and protect them from abuse and neglect. There is an immediate need to incorporate the necessary amendments so that the act gets more pragmatic value and becomes and important tool for elderly care and protection and reduce vulnerabilities and ensure holistic care with support in various bio-psycho-social domains.