Personas mayores en Chile: el nuevo desafío social, económico y sanitario del Siglo XXI

Ageing will be one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century worldwide. In the last 40 years, Chile has tripled its older adult population. As a result, by 2050 the country will have the highest proportion of older adults in Latin America. This remarkable growth reinforces the need to identify their current situation and to revise what is the society doing to maintain older people as active members. In this context, this narrative revision aimed to describe the sociodemographic, epidemiologic and sociocultural profile of the older Chilean adults. Besides, programs and public policies focused on the improvement of their quality of life were identified.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Leiva,Ana María, Troncoso-Pantoja,Claudia, Martínez-Sanguinetti,María Adela, Nazar,Gabriela, Concha-Cisternas,Yeny, Martorell,Miquel, Ramírez-Alarcón,Karina, Petermann-Rocha,Fanny, Cigarroa,Igor, Díaz,Ximena, Celis-Morales,Carlos
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	Spanish / Castilian
Published:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2020
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020000600799
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