Frequent elderly conferences to ensure their best engagement is an appreciative move. Integrated elderly community or college equipped with all needed cares might create better bonding among them

Days after nights, various cancerous problems are gripping the world. Besides political ruffles, others uncontrollable socio-psycho hazards have been marring the modern society. Among such arduous predicaments, lately noticed, ageing (rapid growing of aged people globally) is one. Noted author Zalman Shalomi, in his book “From Aging to Sage-ing”, considers it a heavy hurdle.

According to recent studies, Poland is likely to have 23 per cent of total population aged by 2030 — oscillating it from 10 per cent of now — and China hits 44 per cent by 2050. In France, in last 100 years, ageing population has swelled to 14 per cent from 4 per cent. Underdeveloped and developing countries are experiencing the number of aged people doubling in every 25 years.

Now, Japan has a quarter of aged people and Canada’s old-age population has outnumbered children, as per census 2016. Scholar David Wire, working for easing ageing through health and retirement study centre USA, worryingly calls it “debt bomb”. In 2009, 6.5 million, roughly 10 per cent of total population, was over 65. Researches claim that 30 per cent of ageing depends on genetics and 70 per cent on living structure. Taking a swift forth-drive subsequently, by 2050, six billion plus people shall cross 65 years. For such imbalanced demography, few countries like Japan, Norway, Denmark and others are backed with low child birth rate.

Massive ageing has been seriously suffocating the world. Challenge to fiscal and microeconomic stability is the top-tailored stress. Severely hurting the economic growth and overall quality of life bountifully oozes from ageing.

Pessimism followed with mental retardation of aged generation is another episode. Diseases, medical malpractices and sweepingly unfettered cost to elderly care are few of burning challenges.

Latest surveys unmask that dementia and failure in cognitive functioning are apparent in aged people. Generation gap — heading to family disintegration — is next vice that ageing has ventured. Fuelling misunderstanding, discord and objection towards each-other are regular sights everywhere.

But ageing induced demerits can be eased through devising an adequate deference to them. Due love, good counselling and lovely treatments are divine pills.

“The Gift for Years” authored by Joan Chittister offers couple of innovative approaches in easing ageing for social development and prosperity. Initially, child-care practice in joint family may pivotally boost us to overcome this problem. There, aged and young would garner enough understanding about each-other hence lowering the extent of generation gap. George Valliant’s book “Ageing Well” too argues similarly.

Aged people ought to be duly acknowledged for precious contribution they can offer to society. “Knowledge production” and “experience expansion” might greatly credit many others. Immanuel Kant’s most famous works were written in between 60-80.

Many scientists discovered life-changing principles in last quarter of life. David Snowdon’s “Aging with Grace” and Andrew Weils’ “Healthy Aging” are best reference to address ageing better. Irrespective of age, allocating suitable work keeps old-aged people efficiently busy.

As many people feel themselves psychologically discouraged and de-motivated (bearing serious aggravation) on ageing, thrashing self-underestimation should be a bold beginning. At present too, most of noble laureates seem close to the age of retiring.

Malala Yousafzai received the award an exceptionally young age of 14 becoming the youngest person to have the honour after Lowernce Brag at 25 in 1915. But, the maximum noble laureates fall into age group of 60-70 though few received even after 70. Leonid Hurwicz, awarded for economics in 2007, was 90 at the time.

Author Harry Bernstein published two famous books having worldwide acclaim at the age of 97 and 98.  Thus, unfolding their insight, set of instructions, and experience through writing in series aged people shall underpin the society a lot. Around 25 world billionaires had switched or started their career after 55. Famous scientist Charles Darwin too is an example. Frank McCourt in literature, Mary Delaney in art, Estelle Getty in acting and Harland Sanders in fast food business are some citable epitomes.

Frequent elderly conferences to ensure their best engagement is an appreciative move. Integrated elderly community or college equipped with all needed cares might create better bonding among them. Recently, Bulgeria has practised increasing work force participation to address ageing. Japan switched the working age from 70 to 80. Massachusetts has introduced a plan titled “healthy ageing”.

Some Asian countries are actively soliciting their sound and solid lead in consultancy business as that can be of deep dignity and delight to the aged people. Thus, provided the corrective measures are rendered, ageing won’t be that venomous as it is envisioned. But the delay on treating it timely definitely ages down the world a lot.

Dahal holds PhD on Nation Building