As the twentieth century ends and we begin to move through the twenty-first century, Australia and other nations such as Canada, Japan, Great Britain, New Zealand, Western Europe and the United States will begin to experience one of the greatest demographic movements and cultural shifts of focus in history. As this great wave breaks around 2021, the focus of the Australian population will[Read More…]
Radio broadcasts are an extremely popular source of information, particularly with the elderly. However, hearing abilities decline as people ages, and many senior citizens complain that they can “hear the broadcast but don’t understand what’s being said because it goes by too fast.” This radio was designed to meet the increasing need for easy-to-understand audio. The “RA-BF1” features large-font, easily[Read More…]
In the face of rapid population ageing and the trend towards early retirement, there is a need to promote better employment opportunities for older people. Much has been said about the need for reform of old-age pensions and early retirement schemes but this may not be sufficient to raise employment rates for older people significantly or to reduce the future[Read More…]
The National Policy of Older Persons of 1999 outlined the fact that improved life expectancy has contributed to an increase in the number of persons 60+ from only 12 million persons in India in 1901, the number crossed 20 million in 1951 and 57 million in 1991. Population projections for 1996-2016 indicate that the 100 million mark is expected to[Read More…]
The 50-somethings are reshaping the labour market. Over the past decade, ageing baby boomers in the over-55 year age bracket have increased their share of the workforce from 8 per cent to 11.5 per cent, with their job growth in some years topping 10 per cent, an Age/Sydney Morning Herald study has found. The employment forecast has found that there are now[Read More…]
Japan’s elderly population is getting even older, reveals a new government report that shows the number of people living over the age of 100 has doubled in the last five years. Centenarians in Japan now number more than 20,000, the government said this week. The Cabinet white paper also reported that the number of men aged over 65 has surpassed[Read More…]
Aged parents should be placed in nursing homes only as ‘last resort’ as they have better quality of life staying with family, says Balaji ; People are placing their elderly parents in nursing homes so readily that it is getting the Government concerned about the effects of such a decision. Nursing homes should be a ‘measure of last resort’, said[Read More…]
