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DELAVEGA,

GIRLI
EL.BSN3Y1
-5S

Ol
derpeopl
eser
vevi
tal
soc
ial
rol
esi
nthec
ommuni
ti
esbyas
sis
ting

t
hei
rchi
l
dren,t
aki
ngonc
areobl
i
gat
ions
,compl
eti
nghomet
asks
,

andvol
unt
eer
ing.I
nor
dert
oac
hieveat
rans
for
mat
ive,i
ncl
usi
ve,

and s
ust
ainabl
e devel
opmentout
comes
,ol
derpeopl
e mus
tbe

r
egar
dedasac
ti
veagent
sofs
oci
etypr
ogr
ess
.Whatmat
ter
sher
e

i
snotonl
ythegr
owi
ngnumberofol
derpeopl
e,butal
sot
hevar
ied

andc
ompl
i
cat
ednat
ureofagi
ng,t
aki
ngi
ntoac
countf
act
orss
uch

asol
derpeopl
e'
sheal
th,f
ami
l
y,ands
oci
oec
onomi
cst
atus
,among

ot
her
s.

T
heec
onomi
cgr
owt
h,empl
oymentandr
eti
rementpat
ter
ns,t
he

wayf
ami
l
iesf
unc
ti
on,gover
nment
s'and c
ommuni
ti
es'abi
l
it
yto

pr
ovi
deenoughr
esour
cesf
orol
derper
sons
,andt
hef
requenc
yof

c
hroni
cdi
seas
eanddi
sabi
l
it
yar
eal
li
nfl
uenc
edbys
oci
etal
agi
ng.I
n

addi
ti
on,t
he ac
ti
ve par
ti
ci
pat
ion ofol
dergener
ati
ons i
nthe

ec
onomy
,labormar
ket
,ands
oci
etyatl
argei
sli
nkedt
opopul
ati
on

agei
ng,whi
ch gi
ves c
ons
ider
abl
e pr
ospec
tsf
or s
ust
ainabl
e

devel
opment
.Ol
der peopl
e ar
e vi
talac
tor
sinc
ommuni
ti
es

bec
aus
eoft
hei
rex
per
ienc
e,knowl
edge,andabi
l
it
ies
,andt
hey

c
ont
ri
but
e s
igni
f
icant
ly es
pec
ial
l
y i
n t
erms of ec
onomi
c
devel
opment
,unpai
dcar
ewor
k,pol
i
ti
cal
par
ti
ci
pat
ion,
andal
sot
he

s
oci
alc
api
tal
.I
nthe2030Agenda"
l
eavenoonebehi
nd"al
lpeopl
e

ofal
lagesmus
tbei
ncl
udedi
ndevel
opmentagendas
,thi
sist
o

ac
hieve bal
anc
ed s
ust
ainabl
e gr
owt
h and t
o ens
uret
hatal
l

peopl
e'
shumanr
ight
s,par
ti
cul
arl
ythemos
tvul
ner
abl
einc
ludi
ng

ol
derper
sonsar
emus
tber
espec
ted.

As
 the 
wor
ld 
popul
ati
on 
ages

ther
e i

a bet
ter under
standi
ng of

t
her
elevanc
eofagei
ngandac
cept
anc
eofol
derpeopl
e'
sri
ght
s,

asi
ndi
cat
edbyavar
iet
yofi
nter
nat
ional
proc
ess
esandi
ni
ti
ati
ves
.

However
,des
pit
ethes
e ef
for
ts,
 
older
 peopl

have 
not
 cons
ist
ent
ly

benef
i
ted f
rom 
devel
opment
 advanc
es 
i
n al
lcont
ext
s,as t
hey

ar
e f
requent
ly
 di
sregar
ded 
by devel
opmentpol
i
cy and r
het
ori
c,

andt
hei
rneedsar
eof
tenunmet
.

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