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A PROFILE OF OLDER MEN AND OLDER WOMEN

INDIA 2012

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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

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POPULATION AGING TRENDS: PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGED ABOVE 65

2010 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 2055 2060 2065 2070 2075 2080 2085 2090 2095 21000.00

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FEWER BABIES AND GREATER NUMBER OF OLDER PERSONS

1950-1955

1955-1960

1960-1965

1965-1970

1970-1975

1975-1980

1980-1985

1985-1990

1990-1995

1995-2000

2000-2005

2005-2010

2010-2015

2015-2020

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1-2 Trends in Total Fertility In India

2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 2055 2060 2065 2070 2075 2080 2085 2090 2095 21000

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1-3 trends in the Age Group Composition In India

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INCREASE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY

1950-1955

1955-1960

1960-1965

1965-1970

1970-1975

1975-1980

1980-1985

1985-1990

1990-1995

1995-2000

2000-2005

2005-2010

2010-2015

2015-2020

2020-2025

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1-4 Trends in Life Expectancy In India ,by Gender

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ears

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1-5 Life Expectancy at Birth (2010-15)

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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

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FELT ISOLATION

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CAUSES OF ISOLATION

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living alo

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FAMILY STRUCTURE AFFECTING ISOLATION

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COMMON SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

attending social events; 21%

reading and watching tv; 17%

visiting religious places; 20%

meeting friends/rel-atives; 15%

social work; 23%

other activities; 4%

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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

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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.