India's elderly population is growing rapidly and is projected to increase from 8% of the total population in 2015 to 19% by 2050. This aging population presents several challenges, including the feminization of aging as life expectancy increases more for women, ruralization as 71% of elderly live in rural areas with less access to healthcare and support, increased risk of poverty and isolation as adult children migrate for work, increased burden on the economy, and greater prevalence of disability and mental health issues among the elderly. In response, India has implemented several policy initiatives and programs to support the elderly, including social pensions, health insurance schemes, assistance for living devices, funds for welfare, and elder care services provided by NGOs.

1. AGEING
POPULATION
IN INDIA
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2. WHAT IS AGEING?
 It is defined in terms of chronological age
with a cut off age of 60 or 65+.
 3 key demographic changes—declining
fertility, reduction in mortality and
increasing survival at older ages—
contribute to population ageing, reflected
in a shift in the age structure from young to
old.
 A top-heavy age structure means that the
elderly have to depend upon incomes and
revenues generated by a dwindling number
of younger workers.

3. AN OVERVIEW

4. INDIA’S ELDERLY: LEVELS AND TRENDS
 The share of population over the age of 60 is projected to increase from 8% in 2015 to 19% in 2050.
 By the end of the century, the elderly will constitute nearly 34% of the total population in the country.

5. Source: SRS Report 2017
A GLIMPSE INTO STATISTICS

6. CHALLENGES OF AN AGEING POPULATION
1. Feminization of Ageing:-
The sex ratio of the elderly has increased from 938 women
to 1,000 men in 1971 to 1,033 in 2011 and is projected to
increase to 1,060 by 2026 due to insignificant decline in
mortality among males during adult and older years.
2. Inaccessability Due To Ruralization of the
Elderly:-
71% of the elderly live in rural India. Income insecurity, lack
of adequate access to quality health care and isolation.
3. Migration of younger working age persons :-
Living alone or with only the spouse in terms of social
isolation, poverty and distress.
4. Declining Economy of India:-
Due to ageing, the working population is under financial
pressure to sustain them.

7. WORK PARTICIPATION IN ELDERLY IN INDIA AT
60+ and 80+

8. 5. Disability:-
According to 2011 census, the disability
rate was 51.8 per 1,000 for the elderly
and 84.1 per 1,000 for the 80+
population as compared to 22.1 per
1,000 of the general population.

10. 6. Elder Abuse:-
The perpetrators are generally
family members, relatives, friends,
or trusted caregivers. Verbal
abuse, disrespect and neglect were
the common forms of abuse.

12. 7. Mental Health:-
Prevalence rate of mental morbidity
among 60+ was estimated at 89 per 1000
population, about 4 million for the
country as a whole.

13. 8. Social Status:-
Rapid changes in the family system are
reducing the availability of kin support.
With modernization, older values are
being replaced by ‘individualism’.

14. MEETING THE DEMAND FOR ELDER CARE

15. INDIA’S RESPONSE TO AGEING
1. Maintenance Act 2007
2. Integrated Programme for Older Persons
3. The National Programme of Health Care for Elderly
(NPHCE)
4. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
(IGNOAPS)
5. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
6. Atal Pension Yojana
7. Health Insurance for Senior Citizens
8. Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017
9. Scheme for providing Aids and Assisted Living
Devices to Senior Citizens below Poverty Line
10.Senior Citizens Welfare Fund
11.Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection
Scheme (AB-NHPS)

16. Elder Care Services in the
Non-governmental Sector
1. Agewell Foundation
2. Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India
3. Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
4. Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan
5. Guild for Services
6. HelpAge India
7. Heritage Foundation
8. International Longevity Centre-India Elder Care
Services
9. Janaseva Foundation
10.Nightingale Medical Trust
11.Silver Innings Foundation
12. Sulabh International: Services for Widows in
Ashrams

17. OLD–AGE HOMES IN MUMBAI

18. WORLD ELDERLY DAY

19. References:-
1. UNFPA- India Ageing Report
2017
2. www.mospi.gov.in
3. WHO Ageing and Health
Programme
4. SRS Bulletin 2017
5. Census 2011

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