International day of older people

                       International day of older people

First October is celebrated as the international day of older people.The day was designated by United Nations General Assembly on 14 December,1990 following in 1991,the general assembly adopted the UN principles for older persons.   Since the inception of the day in the year, the day is observerd with the different themes.the theme for the day in the year 2014 is: Leaving no one behind:Promoting a society for all. The number of older people is continuously going up year by year .The global share of older persons of India  (aged 60 years or over) increased from 9.2 per cent in 1990 to 11.7 per cent in 2013 and will continue to grow as a proportion of the world population, reaching 21.1 per cent by 2050. Globally, the number of older persons is expected to more than double from 841 million people in 2013 to more than 2 billion in 2050.The population of older people is expected to reach upto 1.4 billion by 2030."By 2050,the number of older persons would be twice the number of children in the developed countries and the number of older persons in developing countries is expected to be double.this trend will have profound effects on countries and the individuals"this is the statement of the UN  Secretary General  Baan Ki-Moon. I remember, when we were in our childhood,used to live with our grandmother although she used to live apart from my parents,still we used to take care of  her till her  death.   later with due course of time, the trend of nuclear family began to come into ofed to live in the urban areas far from their parents in laws.they are hardly taken care by their daughters in laws and their children. So is the case about the care of parents by their children.one should not forget that one day every son has to become father and every father as grandfather. so on this international day of older people lets make our minds to take care and respect our elders.