Ricerc@Sapienza

Analyses of demographic trend in Italy indicate that in the near future elderly people will steadily increase. This phenomenon is affecting many other countries worldwide. According to the contingent rise of ageing population, there is an enhanced interest of politics and institutions to promote new forms of residences based on home care, as an alternative to retirement in assisted living facilities and an effective solution to reduce costs of social and health services.

Analysis of demographic trend in Italy indicates that in the near future the elderly population will steadily increase. Since 2012, the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook focuses on the issue of Ageing Society, looking into the complexity of this demographic and societal challenge, mainly related to the increase in life expectancy in population of major economies in the world, resulting in the dramatic growth of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.