Seniors aged 60 years and above, both men and women, living in Triplicane, Chennai, were interviewed (n = 221). Personal characteristics and perceived built environment factors were assessed using the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for India (NEWS India). Data were analyzed using SPSS ...
All of them aim at shaping older people’s living spaces in a way that would promote active aging [9]. According to the definition proposed by the World Health Organization [9], active aging is the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security in order to ...
During the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2019, a total of 12,897 individuals aged 60 or older (corrected for 1613 deaths) were living in the country [35]. Of these, 5351 individuals (2593 males, 2758 females; 41.5%, 95% confidence interval (CI) [40.6, 42.3]) of the ...
Korea's elderly population ratio is 16.6%, but the level of public spending on welfare for the elderly is 2.8% (2019), which is very low compared to the OECD average sion premiums, ease the qualifications of the basic living security system, raise the mini- mum wage, and make nonregular...