The Level of Depression among Older Adults Residing at Old Age Home and with the Family in an Urban Community of India

The proportion of the world’s population aged 60 years or over increased from 8 percent in 1950 to 12 percent in 2013. It will increase more rapidly in the next four decades to reach 21per cent in 2050[1]. India has around 104 million older adults (8.6% of the country’s total population) and the number is expected to increase to 296.6 million, constituting 20 per cent of the total population by 2050 [1].