Dignity and Quality of Life: Prioritizing Aging Issues in Chile

Abstract

Chile is experiencing profound demographic changes. We find ourselves at an advanced stage of the population aging process. With a life expectancy of 80.7 years in our country, older persons now represent almost 20 percent of the population. But this reality will affect us even more in the coming decades, as it is expected that by 2050, our country’s percentage of older persons will rise to become the second highest in Latin America, comprising 32 percent of the population. Dignity and Quality of Life: Prioritizing Aging Issues in Chile