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Elderly in Umbria, problem or resource?

Umbria - Between 30 years 1 / 3 of the population will be over 65 years the Rotary Club has promoted reflection on

If the beginning of 1900 the average life expectancy was 42.9 years for men and 43.2 for women, in 2009 we moved to a life expectancy of 76.7 years, respectively, is 82.8 years. In 2050 34% of the population will be over 65 years with the number of women exceeds that of the male and 15/25% from the current ultranovanetenni 500 000 to more than one million and a half.

Given these figures, which show an increasingly significant presence of older people in good living conditions given the medical advances in recent years, the Rotary, Rotaract, Inner Wheel and the Province of Perugia have organized for the Today afternoon a meeting at the Council Chamber of the Province of Perugia with the significant title "Seniors in Umbria, problem or resource?".

was attended, among others, Vice President of the Province of Perugia Aviano Rossi, President of the Rotary Club East Perugia Paolo Latini, President Rotaract Club Perugia East Massimiliano Cruse, President of Inner Wheel Perugia Antinolfi Elvira, the Director of the Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Perugia Mercy Hospital Santa Maria Patrizia Mecocci, the Director of the Department of Institutions and Society, University of Perugia Robert Sawyer, the Director General Hospital of Perugia Walter Orlandi.

"The event organized by the Rotary is an expression of sensibility that sees long been the province of Perugia also engaged in countering a vision of society where the elderly person is no longer seen as a problem as no longer productive - has said Vice President Rossi -. If not we are grateful to our elders - said-that have helped us to live in a state of constantly being different from that other than that which has characterized their adulthood, what they should say to our children who would probably leave worse than today? Maybe - he concluded - through this empathic approach can be more respectful of older people that can not be considered a problem. "

And here again the question that has given the title of the conference. Latin for "the statistics we predict that in 30 years the over-65s will be one third of the population and Italy ranks second after Japan. Well - he said - you have to deal with this reality. Not all older people create 'problems' (in terms of assistance), but most of them embody resources such as wisdom, experience and historical memory. "