Multiethnic Malaysia provides a unique case study of divergence in population aging of different sociocultural subgroups within a country. Malaysia represents 3 major ethnicities in Asia-the Malay, Chinese, and Indian. The 3 ethnic groups are at different stages of population aging, as they have undergone demographic transition at different pace amidst rapid social and economic changes. Between...

One of the most critical demographic events in the world today is population aging—the process by which the share of older individuals in the total population starts becoming larger. The aging phenomenon, which has been initially experienced by developed countries, is now steadily approaching the developing world. Projections show that over the next five decades, world median age will continue ...

A synopsis is given between the relationship of the number of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients to the total Medicare population and their associated expenditures. The aging trend within the ESRD population is examined in terms of enrollment statistics and incidence (new cases) counts. Also, longitudinal trends in expenditures, program enrollment, and incidence of ESRD are included. Findi...

Aging is an inevitable irreversible process in all human population. With the aging individuals become cognitively less agile and effects of decline noted their various abilities to do Activities Daily Living. This study was done investigate co-relation between performance on cognitive linguistic tasks CLAP-M test Lawton instrumental activities daily living scale a sample geriatric population, ...

With a growing aging population around the world [...]

The lenses with which we view aging are formed by many things: the maturing of gerontology as a discipline, the development of our theoretical and methodological tools for examining age and aging, and population aging itself. ‘‘Healthy aging’’ has become one of those lenses. For many years our attention has been drawn to the frailties associated with aging as we attempt to alleviate the sufferi...

Dear Editor, The access to medical care is unacceptably low worldwide in spite of the increasing demand for medical care due to population aging and increasing burden of non-infectious diseases...

Given the rapid rate of population aging and the increased incidence of cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases with advanced age, it is important to ascertain the determinants that result in cognitive impairment. It is also important to note that much of the aged population exhibit 'successful' cognitive aging, in which cognitive impairment is minimal. One main goal of normal aging st...