22 November 2010

Brunei hosts Asean Meet on elderly needs
Borneo Bulletin - Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam has over the years given much priority and attention to its youth, which it has labelled as valuable assets, and more recently to the women and children of the country. However, yesterday, another equally important thematic group became the focus of the country's future welfare plans - its senior citizens. It has been projected that by the year 2025, the number of senior citizens in the country are expected to reach 35,000, according to the United Nations Population Division. … (21 November 2010)

08 November 2010

Phillip Longman: A new look at an aging world
Dallas News - US
The world's population will increase by roughly one-third over the next 40 years, from 6.9 billion to 9.1 billion, according to the U.N. Population Division. But this will be a very different kind of population growth than ever before – driven not by birth rates, which have plummeted around the world, but primarily by an increase in the number of elderly people. (5 November 2010)