The gerontological design: a practice to improve life quality of the elderly

Abstract

Today, many persons aspire to live until the 60 years old. The greatest life expectancy, added to the important drop in the birth rate, is the cause of the fastest ageing of the population of the world.1 According to Mision Colombia envejece (Mission Colombia grows old), a research between Fedesarrollo and the Saldarriaga Concha Fundation made in 2015 in the paper: the process of the aging of society in Colombia 1985-2050, those over 60 years old, who today are 10 percent will reach the 24 percent in 2050.According to the research, currently the people over 60 years old don’t overcome the 10 percent of population. The people over 80 years old achieve the 700.000 people. But in 35 years the people over 60 years old almost will be triple.