ELDERLY PEOPLE’S HEALTH PROBLEMS AND POLICY: A BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

In Bangladesh, many older individuals experience age-related illnesses due to multiple socio-economic factors.  Accessibility to affordable health care for the elderly remains a significant concern despite progress in several healthcare outcomes over the past few years in Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to outline older people’s health challenges and how health policy critically evaluates this ongoing health challenges based on the current evidence. This research paper followed a systematic approach based on eighteen peers reviewed scholar articles results. Consequently, this short communication combined all the selected papers findings and assessed   that chronic diseases including arthritis, heart disease, dementia, diabetes, lung infection, nutritional misbalance and inadequate health service made older adults helpless in Bangladesh. In addition, 8 papers showed poor health, poverty, social issue, and high cost of medical care influenced elder people to avoid seeing a doctor.  In conclusion, this article recommended a one-stop care model and an integrated care model at the sub-district level that may promote healthy lifestyles, primarily prevent geriatric illness, improve primary health education regarding and strengthen healthcare systems among the elderly in Bangladesh.