!st october 2015 International Senior citizens Day , TISS NEW CAMPUS KUMARAPPA HALL

dr.Siva raju, Dr. Indira aiprakash  and Prabhakar chhatre

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‘Active sr. citizens will never fall into traps of depression’

Freny Fernandes,TNN | Oct 2, 2015, 02.46 AM IS

THANE: The rising population of elderly citizens is a rich repository of experience which offers a huge opportunity for reshaping the community and designing neighborhood welfare initiatives, experts from Centre for Lifelong Learning at Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) said.
On the occasion of World Elders day on Thursday, the researchers brought out the message of the changing role of the growing senior citizen population in our country and the need for active aging.
Professor Nasreen Rustomfram, chairperson at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, said, "There are around 600 million senior citizens in the world today and this number is likely to double by 2025.
"The section of the population above 80 years has seen the maximum rise due to better medic
basic facilities in terms of mobility and health support. The contributions of senior citizens need to be duly acknowledged. An inclusion of these concepts in policy will help build a smarter city," said S Siva Raju, professor and chairperson of the centre for population, health and development at TISS.
One of the elderly, Prabhakar Chhatre, decided to work for the society 26 years ago instead of retiring to a quiet life in his native place.

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