title: [Aging in Peru].
abstract: After some remarks about the particular position of the elderly in the Inca period, some demographic data concerning the present-day situation of the elderly are presented. Their extremely deficient living conditions and the insufficient institutions taking care of the aged are described. In the second part, findings of an experimental study based on the Rorschachtest are given.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012424:Rural Population; D012931:Social Environment; D012943:Social Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Alter in Peru.