As the world's population ages at an unprecedented rate, the UN says more must be done to help the elderly.
The organisation has released a report to coincide with Monday's International Day of Older Persons, in which it encourages new approaches to health care, retirement and living arrangements.
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, wrote in the report's preface that: "The social and economic implications of this phenomenon are profound, extending far beyond the individual older person and the immediate family touching broader society and the global community in unprecedented ways."
Aljazeera's Inside Story, with presenter Laura Kyle, speaks to Alex Bush, the assistant director of programmes and policy at HelpAge International, which co-authored the UN report; Jeremy Corbyn, a UK Labour Party politician and a member of parliament for Islington; and Hafiz Khan, a senior lecturer in Applied Statistics and a former research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.
Aljazeera's full article and video on:
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/10/201210244730939625.html
