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ASHA for the elderly

ASHA for the elderly

  • UN "World Population Prospects" projected that India will surpass China as world's most populous country next year.

Associated concerns

  • Jobless growth limits the potential benefits of Demographic dividend
  • Lack of focus on women's education and reproductive rights
  • Increasing life expectancy made India home to 30 million elderly population.
  • Lack of adequate services and lagging preparedness for increasing needs for care for elderlies
  • Specially people with chronic conditions like dementia
  • May include:
    • Primary care which integrates care for diverse health conditions
    • Home-based nursing palliative care
    • Rehabilitation.

ASHA workers are the Solution

  • ASHA worker have successfully achieved:
  • Reductions in maternal and infant mortality
  • Increased life expectancy
  • Achieving Covid vaccination coverage.
  • They were awarded WHO Director-General's Global Health Leaders Award for their contribution towards protecting and promoting health.
  • Thus, it can serve as a template for building community-based workforce to support diverse health and social care needs for elders.

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