Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 13 May, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

An elderly care center in Taichung (CNA photo)

Taiwan is considered an aged society, as 14% of the population is over 65 years of age. By 2026, it’s going to be a super aged society with the population of people over 65 years old surpassing 21%. How can people live well in their later years? Let’s see what this report has to say.

This woman lifting weights is 71 years old. She’s training hard and she loves it. She says she has always been interested in weight training. She goes to the gym to train regularly, despite getting cancer.

By 2026, Taiwan is going to be a super-aged society. By 2034, half of the population will be over 50 years of age.

An internet poll of 3,000 people found that of those 40 and over, 54.5% were uneasy about growing old and nearly 21% (20.8%) were somewhat uneasy.    [FULL  STORY]