Reality and challenges of ageing - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 12-05-2019;72:1-2
The global population ageing has aroused growing interest, a search for an understanding of the situational consequences and possible adjustments that society will have to make. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE – Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística), in 2025, the country will place the 6th position in the world in regards to amount of elderly. It is estimated that by 2055, the number of people over 60 years will surpass that of Brazilians under the age of 30. In 2018, the ageing rate was 43.19 percent, and could reach 173.47 percent by 2060 (–).
Ageing, for many, marks the period of diminished functional capacity, perform Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), which are tasks such as shopping, administering finances, taking medicines, using means of transportation, using the telephone, and doing chores can gradually be compromised and even generate complete dependence. Brazilian records in 2018 indicated that 39.2 percent of the elderly over 75 years of age present a decline in the capacity to perform the IADL, which may be a reflection of the high prevalence rate of chronic diseases among the elderly. 69.5 percent had a diagnosis of at least one chronic illness, and 77 percent of Brazilians reported that the greatest fears related to old age were health problems, financial concern, and degradation of physical appearance, level of responsibility and energy ().
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The global population ageing has aroused growing interest, a search for an understanding of the situational consequences and possible adjustments that society will have to make. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística), in 2025, the country will place the 6th position in the world in regards to amount of elderly. It is estimated that by 2055, the number of people over 60 years will surpass that of Brazilians under the age of 30. In 2018, the ageing rate was 43.19 percent, and could reach 173.47 percent by 2060 (-).
Ageing, for many, marks the period of diminished functional capacity, perform Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), which are tasks such as shopping, administering finances, taking medicines, using means of transportation, using the telephone, and doing chores can gradually be compromised and even generate complete dependence. Brazilian records in 2018 indicated that 39.2 percent of the elderly over 75 years of age present a decline in the capacity to perform the IADL, which may be a reflection of the high prevalence rate of chronic diseases among the elderly. 69.5 percent had a diagnosis of at least one chronic illness, and 77 percent of Brazilians reported that the greatest fears related to old age were health problems, financial concern, and degradation of physical appearance, level of responsibility and energy ().
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