2024-09-15 00:08:34
Thursday, September 12, 2024 – 19:40 WIB
The 2024 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Population Ageing: Reframing Ageing event took place in Bali, Thursday (12/9). Photo: Ministry of Home Affairs Documentation
jpnn.comBALI – Director General of Regional Development Development at the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) Restuardy Daud revealed that increasing the number of elderly people can actually provide benefits in the form of a demographic bonus.
In addition, the situation where the proportion of the elderly population is increasing but they are productive and still contribute to the country’s economy.
As is known, Indonesia ranks fourth with the highest percentage of elderly people working, after Timor Leste, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands.
In the period 2017-2021, as many as 31 percent of elderly women and 58 percent of elderly men in Indonesia worked.
“We cannot avoid this because the number of productive age groups is currently abundant, and in the next few years the current productive age group will also enter old age or retirement. Taking several examples in Indonesia, there are several challenges for us in the future,” Restuardy said at the 2024 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Population Ageing: Reframing Ageing in Bali, Thursday (12/9).
The first challenge, said Restuardy, is the health aspect. In 2023, the elderly who experience health complaints are 41.49 percent, down 95 percent compared to 2019.
Likewise, the percentage of elderly morbidity was 19.72 percent in 2023, or down 6 percent compared to 2019.
Director General of Regional Development Development at the Ministry of Home Affairs Restuardy Daud revealed three challenges for the productive age group when entering old age.
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