Older people in Chile: the new social, economic and health challenge for the 21st century

Ana María Leiva; Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja; María Adela Martínez-Sanguinetti; Gabriela Nazar; Yeny Concha-Cisternas; Miquel Martorell; Karina Ramírez-Alarcón; Fanny, Petermann-Rocha; Igor Cigarroa; Ximena Díaz; Carlos Celis-Morales

Keywords: chile, aging, quality of life, public policy

Abstract

Ageing will be one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century worldwide. In the last 40 years, Chile has tripled its older adult population. As a result, by 2050 the country will have the highest proportion of older adults in Latin America. This remarkable growth reinforces the need to identify their current situation and to revise what is the society doing to maintain older people as active members. In this context, this narrative revision aimed to describe the sociodemographic, epidemiologic and sociocultural profile of the older Chilean adults. Besides, programs and public policies focused on the improvement of their quality of life were identified.

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Título según WOS: Older people in Chile: the new social, economic and health challenge for the 21st century
Título según SCIELO: Personas mayores en Chile: el nuevo desaf�o social, econ�mico y sanitario del Siglo XXI
Título de la Revista: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
Volumen: 148
Número: 6
Editorial: SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO
Fecha de publicación: 2020
Página de inicio: 799
Página final: 809
Idioma: es
DOI:

10.4067/S0034-98872020000600799

Notas: ISI, SCIELO