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Many elderly people gradually lose functioning ability and require either additional assistance in the home or a move to an eldercare facility. [37] Their adult children often find it challenging to help their elderly parents make the right choices. [38] Assisted living is one option for the elderly who need assistance with everyday tasks.
Between 2000 and 2050, the number of people in the world who are over age 60 is predicted increase from 605 million to 2 billion. [6] The proportion of older adults is already high and continuing to increase in more developed countries. In 2010, seniors (aged 65 and older) made up 13% and 23% of the populations of the US and Japan, respectively.
People who are of old age are also referred to as: old people, elderly, elders, senior citizens, seniors or older adults. [1] Old age is not a definite biological stage: the chronological age denoted as "old age" varies culturally and historically. [ 2 ]
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People with dementia are likely to have difficulty eating and swallowing. [23] Sometimes feeding tubes are used to give food to people with dementia, especially when they are in the hospital or a nursing home. [23] While feeding tubes can help people gain weight, they carry risks including bleeding, infection, pressure ulcers, and nausea. [23]
Neglect" can be perpetrated by any caregiver who has accepted the responsibility of assisting an older person or an adult with disabilities. [3] Most states include self-neglect in their definitions of those needing adult protective services. [3]
The stigmatisation of older people and ageist images of older persons have also become more evident. [4] The debate surrounding the convention focuses on the implementation and safeguarding of older persons’ human rights aiming to set normative standards of human rights for older persons in an international legally binding instrument.
Elderly Man in front of Tesco Mall. Upholding and protecting the rights of older adults is vital to addressing problems related to ageing and ageism.With the rapid growth of population of older people globally, [6] there has been international efforts to focus on issues associated with ageing and protection of the elderly in the past decade. [7]