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Old age - Coggle Diagram
Old age
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Facts
2011 census - 8.6% of pop is in the old age group and expected to increase to 20% by 2050,
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UN Pop Fund -India's pop will grow by 60% till 2050 ,however the old age pop will grow by more than 360% by 2050
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Challenges
Social
Ageist stereotypes
Stereotyping (how we think), prejudice (how we feel), and discrimination(how we act) towards people on basis of their agr affects them
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Changing family st
Likely to expose elderly to emotional, physical and financial insecurity in years to come
Health
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Availability, accessibility, Affordability of health care
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Way forward
To foster healthy ageing (WHO goal) and improve lives of older people and their families and communities
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Global Measures
Undertaking a global campaign to combat ageism, enhancing global network for age friendly cities and communities
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- creating old people' s association to represent the need of community and elderly to govt agencies
- create a web portal to crowd source the information wrt old age for better delivery of services (can be used anywhere - child labor, child marriage)
- promote the attitude of active ageing
- promotion of Geriatric care
- Accessibility to the resources is also a major concern so it needs to be ensured eg Uber Health - aapko hospital leke jayega
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