1. A PROFILE OF OLDER MEN AND OLDER WOMEN INDIA 2012 1Divya 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 Trust2

3. POPULATION AGING TRENDS: PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGED ABOVE 65 Divya Chaya Trust3

4. FEWER BABIES AND GREATER NUMBER OF OLDER PERSONS Divya Chaya Trust4

5. INCREASE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY Divya Chaya Trust5

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 Trust6

7. FELT ISOLATION Divya Chaya Trust7

8. CAUSES OF ISOLATION Divya Chaya Trust8

9. FAMILY STRUCTURE AFFECTING ISOLATION Divya Chaya Trust9

10. COMMON SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Divya Chaya Trust10

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 Trust11

12. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OLD AGE POLICIES IN INDIA Divya Chaya Trust12 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.