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A PROFILE OF OLDER MEN AND OLDER WOMEN

A PROFILE OF OLDER MEN AND OLDER WOMEN. INDIA 2012. PROFILE OF AN OLDER COUNTRY. 144 million Indians are of 60-plus years 60-plus is the world’s largest growing age group By 2013, India will be the country with the most aged population

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A PROFILE OF OLDER MEN AND OLDER WOMEN

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  1. A PROFILE OF OLDER MEN AND OLDER WOMEN INDIA 2012 Divya Chaya Trust

  2. PROFILE OF AN OLDER COUNTRY • 144 million Indians are of 60-plus years • 60-plus is the world’s largest growing age group • By 2013, India will be the country with the most aged population • Chief reasons for this: increase in life expectancy, decrease in fertility • By 2025, one in every five Indians will be a senior citizen • 70% of India’s old live in villages Divya Chaya Trust

  3. POPULATION AGING TRENDS: PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGED ABOVE 65 Divya Chaya Trust

  4. FEWER BABIES AND GREATER NUMBER OF OLDER PERSONS Divya Chaya Trust

  5. INCREASE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY Divya Chaya Trust

  6. HELATH ISSUES, ISOLATIONS AND LONLINESS • One in every four aged persons suffers from depression • One in every three has arthritis • One in every five cannot hear • One in every three suffers from high BP and related complications • One in every two has poor vision • One in every five is diabetic Divya Chaya Trust

  7. FELT ISOLATION Divya Chaya Trust

  8. CAUSES OF ISOLATION Divya Chaya Trust

  9. FAMILY STRUCTURE AFFECTING ISOLATION Divya Chaya Trust

  10. COMMON SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Divya Chaya Trust

  11. OLD AGE SCHEMES AND PROGRAMMES IN INDIA • Technology Interventions for Elderly (TIE) • Programme for Older Persons • National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) • Annapurna Scheme • Free Legal Aids • Rebates • Concessions & Other Incentives • Insurance Policies & Benefits • Mediclaim/Health Insurance • Concessions & Facilities • Health Facilities • NGO’s & Voluntary Organizations • Miscellaneous • National Policy on Older Person Divya Chaya Trust

  12. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OLD AGE POLICIES IN INDIA • PROPOSAL FOR ‘NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGING’ • Centres at the AIIMS, Delhi, and Madras Medical College, Chennai. • The institute will seek structural solutions to India-specific problems • NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR HEALTHCARE FOR THE ELDERLY (NPHCE) • Aimed at providing preventive, curative and rehabilitative care • Implemented in 100 districts in 21 states before a nationwide rollout • The programme needs to target dementia in its various forms, hearing and vision disorders, diabetes and hypertension, cardiac problems, osteoporosis and arthritis. Divya Chaya Trust

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