Chronic Disease

According to Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), 75 million people in 60+ age-group suffer from chronic disease. While total number includes physical and mental illness, nearly 35 million among these have multi-morbidities. Also, 45% people suffer from cardiovascular disease and about 24% are unable to go to toilet by themselves. Extrapolating the elderly population to swell to 20% in 2050 from 9% (2011), experts highlighted the future… read-more