The International Day of Older person

On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly assigned October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons. This was preceded by initiatives such as , the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, which was embraced by the 1982 World Assembly on Aging and validated soon thereafter by the UN General Assembly.

In 1991, the General Assembly approved the United Nations Principles for Older Persons. In 2002, the Second World Assembly on Aging embraced the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to react to the chances and difficulties of population maturing in the 21st century and to advance the improvement of a general public for all ages.

The structure of the world population has changed significantly in late many years. Somewhere in the range of 1950 and 2010, Life Expectancy overall rose from 46 to 68 years. Worldwide, there were 703 million people matured 65 or over in 2019. The region of Eastern and South-Eastern Asia was home to the biggest number of older adults (261 million), trailed by Europe and Northern America (more than 200 million).

Over the next three decades, the number of older adults allover the world is forecasted to be doubled, outstretching to more than 1.5 billion people in 2050. All regions will see an escalated size in the older population somewhere in the range of 2019 and 2050. The biggest increment (312 million) is extended to happen in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, developing from 261 million of every 2019 to 573 million out of 2050. The rapid increment in the number of more older people is anticipated in Northern Africa and Western Asia, ascending from 29 million in 2019 to 96 million in 2050 (an expansion of 226 percent). The second rapid increment is anticipated for sub-Saharan Africa, where the population aged 65 or over could develop from 32 million in 2019 to 101 million in 2050 (218 percent). On the other hand, the expansion is relied upon to be moderately little in Australia and New Zealand (84 percent) and in Europe and Northern America (48%)

THEME OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSON 2020

“Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?”

AIMS OF 2020 THEME

• Inform participants about the strategic objectives for the Decade of Healthy Ageing.

• Raise awareness of the special health needs of older persons and of their contributions to their own health and to the functioning of the societies in which they live.

• Increase awareness and appreciation of the role of the health care workforce in maintaining and improving the health of older persons, with special attention to the nursing profession

• Present proposals for reducing the health disparities between older persons in the developed and developing countries, so as to “Leave no one behind”.

• Increase understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on older persons and its impact on health care policy, planning, and attitudes

OLDER PERSON AND COVID-19

Among grown-ups, the danger for serious disease from COVID-19 increases with age, with older adults at most noteworthy danger. Extreme disease implies that the individual with COVID-19 may require hospitalization, serious consideration, or a ventilator to enable them to inhale, or they may even die.

As you get more older, your danger for extreme disease from COVID-19 increases. For instance, individuals in their 50s are at higher danger for extreme sickness than individuals in their 40s. Additionally, individuals in their 60s or 70s are, normally, at higher danger for serious sickness than individuals in their 50s. The most serious danger for extreme disease from COVID-19 is among those matured 85 or more older.

It is therefore important that we create opportunities to foster healthy ageing during the pandemic.