Aging is a natural process. While parents devote considerable resources to make smooth transition from childhood to adulthood for their children, parents also need resources for their own benefit in old age. In developed countries, government provides basic services and protect interest of elderly people. In developing countries lack of appropriate policies and programs are the major obstacles for the implementation of policies on aging. In Bangladesh, social custom encourage “elderly” to stay with their children and became dependent on children income. In most cases, older people do not have control over financial resources resulting gradual decrease of control over family matters and eventually completely neglected. The elderly population of Bangladesh is increasing and will be 10 million in 2010. Findings suggest that the government of Bangladesh has not adopted programs for elderly population which are related to basic needs of elders. The paper examines the issues related to elderly population in Bangladesh and suggests programmatic interventions to help elderly population on their efforts to remain as human being.
Learning Objectives: Is there any policy and program for elderly in Bangladesh What proportion of population are elderly Is there any change of age structure
Keywords: Policy/Policy Development, Elderly
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