How India can prepare to take care of its senior citizens using tech

As a nation we need to focus on capacity building at the systemic level in order to use technology to successfully address the needs of our ageing population

Growing old is a natural phenomenon that we must all gracefully accept, but it can become a problem in the absence of proper care, love and support from family. Thanks to the the marvels of medical science, life expectancy is expected to increase further, from 67.5 in 2015 to 75.9 over the next three decades. 

In India, the current senior citizen population of 130 million is expected to more than double to 300 million to constitute 20 per cent of the population . With a rapidly growing 60-plus population, India is faced with the Herculean task of providing basic senior-friendly urban