These changes mainly reflect the growing number of elderly population, as the population gentrifies.

Large numbers of the elderly live alone, especially women who have longer life expectancy and make up 58 per cent of the elderly population.

The elderly population faces specific health problems mostly connected with age, but also with their socio economic situation.

Destitute groups of the population include the elderly, pensioners by and large, whose pensions cannot satisfy basic living needs.

All population groups are exposed to environmental risk factors, but particularly children, pregnant women, chronic patients and the elderly.

Groups under the poverty line are most often children, persons with a low education level, the elderly and the rural population.

The primary victims of these measures are the most vulnerable groups of the population children, women, the elderly and disabled persons.

It is necessary to improve the health protection of the elderly population by providing primary health protection, home nursing through family medicine departments, rehabilitation and medical care for this population group.

The previous expected accomplishment referring to protection needs of refugee women, children and the elderly now refers to protection needs of refugee women and children it has left aside the elderly an increasing population without an accomplishment target.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly also passed the Ordinance on the Elderly (in 2000) and the Ordinance on Population (in 2003).

Those groups use innocent children, women and elderly people as human shields, which leads to heavy losses among those segments of the population.

This Conference was a manifestation of the State of Qatar's ongoing concern for its elderly population, which occupies a privileged position in Qatari society.

It is necessary to promote the health protection of the elderly population through primary health protection, as a part of family medicine, and to ensure the programme of home treatment, rehabilitation and medical care provided to this population.

The elderly

Elderly people (65 ) comprise 10 of the population as of 2004 (only 3 among the Arab sector) and are expected to rise to 12 in the year 2020.

However, over the long run, the demographic bonus dissipates as the population continues to age and the dependency ratio rises again because of increasing proportions of elderly persons.

I respect elderly people.

I respect the elderly.

The Programme of Action of The International Conference on Population and Development recognizes that elderly people constitute a valuable and important component of a society's human resources and recommends a series of measures to ensure that elderly persons are able to work and live independently as long as possible or as desired.

Because of the higher average fertility of these countries, the proportion of children in their population stands at 35 per cent, whereas the proportion of elderly amounts to just 3 per cent.

And the mother is elderly.

you, and your elderly fathers?

you, and your elderly fathers?

The elderly and disabled persons

As fertility declines, the proportion of the population comprising children (persons under age 15) also declines, whereas the proportion of the population of working age increases, resulting in a decreasing dependency ratio (defined as the average number of children and elderly persons per 10 persons of working age).

Keep these seats for the elderly.

Elderly, in accordance with the law.

To save time for the elderly, the system is upgraded. The elderly free card is reduced from auditing twice per year to once per year. Elderly people with card do not need to commute twice.

Moscow and its surroundings, with a population of more than 15 million inhabitants, were covered by smoke for many weeks. People with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, the elderly, and the very young were particularly affected.

Currently, old card is divided into two kinds, one for the elderly free card and the other one for the elderly half price card.

The Daycare Centres for the Elderly are operationally connected to Centres of Open Protection of the Elderly, which may operate in the same area.

The development of a culture of friendship with the elderly and encouragement of intimate human relations between young people and children and elderly persons

His grandfather was a magistrate, an elderly man.

It's particularly true of diabetics and elderly women.

An elderly couple came walking down the street.

She gave her seat to an elderly person.

(v) The violations of economic, social and cultural rights, which have led to severe malnutrition, widespread health problems and other hardship for the population in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inter alia, women, children and the elderly

This theme was the subject of a discussion of social policy on the elderly, social insurance laws and their role in providing care for elderly persons.

Another social group which required attention was the elderly.

What health programmes were specifically directed towards elderly women?

It includes affirmative action provisions for the elderly, such as the requirement to set aside 3 of the units in government housing programs be for the elderly.

The country policy plan identifies two particularly vulnerable sectors, namely, the increasing number of elderly people (expected to be 24 per cent of the population by 2010), who live on social benefits, and the disabled, who have special, unmet needs.

They also created obstacles to trade relations among States, impeded the full realization of social and economic development and hindered the well being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, adolescents and the elderly.

Protection of children, the elderly and the disabled from exploitation

They did not spare even children, women or the elderly.