AMMAN – A recent report by the
National Council for Family Affairs has found that the Alzeimers rate amongst the nation's
elderly is approximately 14.4 percent. Dr. Mohammad Maqaddi, the
Secretary-General of the council, said this figure signified the importance of
unifying national and institutional efforts related to helping the elderly; and
stressed the need to strengthen the capabilities of service providers,
according to Al-Ghad.
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The report recommended establishing day
centers for the elderly, allocating financial resources to meet their needs,
and conducting updated field surveys categorized by age groups to understand
the indicators related to the elderly in areas such as
health, education, poverty, and employment.
Elderly
constitute 5.4 percent of the total population
The council launched the analytical report
earlier in the year to assess the national strategy for the elderly for the
years 2018-2022. Dr. Maqaddi explained that the purpose of the report, prepared
in cooperation with the National Committee for the Elderly, is to evaluate the
achievements made between 2018 and 2022 and stressed its importance considering
that the elderly constitute 5.4 percent of the
total population.
The report revealed improvement in certain
performance indicators for the elderly, however, found that there was still a
lack of field surveys related to health and chronic diseases in elderly
populations since 2010.
Shortage
of medical staff
Moreover, it found there was a shortage of
medical staff, particularly in geriatric medicine and nursing and found the
absolute poverty rate among the elderly had reached about 8.7 percent by the
end of 2021.
This coincided with occupancy rates in
social housing care, increasing over the last five years to reach 22.1 percent.
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