High rate of aging population in Yazd province

Jalil Efati, referring to the growing gray population of Iran in recent years, said the high rate of aging population in the province suggests that more than 100,000 people from Yazd province are seniors.
Dr. Jalil Efati, Director General of Welfare of Yazd province during the visit of the experts of the program and budget and social welfare organization of the program and budget and the Deputy Director of the Budget Office of the Welfare Organization of the country from the Ardakan elderly research center, said: Iran's population has fallen into friction in recent years and besides It has also increased the rate of aging in the province, and now more than 100,000 people from Yazd province are seniors.
He commented on the Ardakan elderly research center that Ardakan's aging care center, in cooperation with the University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences and to provide the necessary facilities for scientific planning in the field of the elderly, came to the benefit of the Minister of Social Work Cooperative Affairs in the welfare day of 1996. .
He added: "This package provides a full service to the elderly in need of admission and care. The most important issue in Ardakan is the discussion of the Center for the Study of Aging, which has been well-established thanks to God and the cooperation of authorities and follow-up, and this center uses existing experiences." It provides a variety of services, such as education, research and research.
The Directorate General for the Welfare of the Province noted: The issue of aging is a demographic issue faced by the whole world and various countries and engaged in doing their homework.
Iran goes to aging
Siamak Rezaee, an expert on program and budget and social affairs of the country's planning and budget organization, said: "Our country is moving towards aging and the aging population of one Of the phenomena we have to deal with.
He added: "The existence of these centers is a pleasure for the government and it is very desirable that the budget of the country should be spent in such cases.
Implementing four joint research projects in the past year
Dr. Mohammad Hossein Sarabi, in describing the research activities of the center during the past year, stated: In the past year, four titles of joint research projects with the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in the fields of social status and demographic analysis of the elderly of Yazd province, quality of life, health General and their lifestyle, the study of the status of depression and anxiety in the elderly, the effectiveness of life-style treatment of depression and life satisfaction of the elderly and the provision of physical activity standards and the provision of educational and training packages and sports rehabilitation for elderly women and men Is.
He also commented on the implementation of five research topics in collaboration with the Payam-e-noor University of Yazd. He added: "Study of the relationship between depression and the quality of sleep in the elderly, sexual discrimination and perceived stress, the study of the relationship between social support with perceived stress in the elderly and stress and Quality of life in the elderly is one of the issues that has been investigated in collaboration with Payame Noor University.
Lead continued the implementation of two joint research projects in collaboration with the University of Ardakan. The main topics of these studies were the effectiveness of treatment of life-style therapy on the amount of depression and life satisfaction of the elderly, the provision of physical activity standards and the provision of training and exercise and rehabilitation packages for Men and women.


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