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Older adult care, longevity, and community support in India
Collaborative ecosystem for healthy ageing and innovation

Bringing civil society, researchers, healthcare, and policy under one unified national response for healthy ageing in India.

ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTHY AGEING with unified national support

300M Older Indians projected by 2047
230M Elders aged 60+ by 2036
1 in 7 Indians 60 or older by 2036
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India is ageing

A demographic transition without precedent

India is moving from being perceived as a young country to one where healthy ageing must become a mainstream development priority. The numbers describe both the scale of the need and the size of the opportunity.

300 million

Older Indians by 2047

India's older adult population is projected to reach 300 million by 2047 and to become the largest in the world by 2067.

15 years

The gap between living long and living well

Healthy life expectancy in India stands at just 58 years against a life expectancy of 73 — a 15-year gap of ill-health that civil society has barely begun to address.

230 million

Indians aged 60 and above by 2036

Up from 100 million in 2011. Kerala, Goa and Tamil Nadu already report the highest older adult proportions and old-age dependency ratios in the country.

Over 40% Of India's elders today live near or below the poverty line
14% Are able to use the internet
Under 5% Are part of any formal social organization
40.6% Decadal growth of the older adult population through the 2020s, up from roughly 30–35% previously

Sources

  • Longevity: A New Way of Understanding Ageing — Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Ashoka and Dalberg, 2025
  • Economic contribution and caregiving-hours figures are drawn from Dalberg's analysis of LASI Wave 1 (2017–18) and the Time Use Survey (2019), as reported in Longevity: A New Way of Understanding Ageing.
  • United Nations Population Division
  • Subaiya, Lekha and Dhananjay W Bansod (2011). Demographics of Population Ageing in India: Trends and Differentials. BKPAI Working Paper No. 1, UNFPA

Why AHA exists

The response to ageing is fragmented. The need is not.

India's civil society response to ageing is fragmented, underfunded and lacks connective tissue. Proven models rarely travel beyond the sites that created them, and no single voice carries the sector's evidence into policy.

  1. 01

    A fragmented ecosystem

    Organisations across elder care, dementia, longevity science and healthy lifestyles work in parallel rather than together.

  2. 02

    Chronically underfunded

    The median annual budget of leading ageing-focused NGOs remains under ₹1 crore, even after two decades of operations.

  3. 03

    Siloed advocacy

    Advocacy is siloed, leaving longevity and ageing policy reform without a unified national voice.

  4. 04

    Proven models that stall

    Scale-up of demonstrated community care models beyond their original sites remains elusive.

  5. 05

    Missing connective infrastructure

    Research, practice, policy and industry have no shared platform through which to meet, learn and act together.

AHA is India's response to these gaps

The Association for Healthy Ageing is a collaborative platform — the unified voice the longevity ecosystem lacks. It brings together service providers, innovators, policymakers, researchers and the private sector to build a shared national response to ageing.

  • A platform to advance integrated care across the continuum of ageing and cognitive health
  • A platform to improve lifestyles that promote healthy ageing in younger and middle-aged adults
  • A thought leadership hub driving evidence-based strategies and innovation
  • A catalyst for joint advocacy, capacity building and scalable programme collaboration
  • A structured interface to engage with government bodies, policymakers and regulators

Connecting the ecosystem

One platform, many partners

AHA does not sit above the ecosystem — it sits between its parts. Select any group to see how it connects.

Civil society organisations Civil Society Researchers Researchers Healthcare providers Healthcare Innovators Innovators Government Government Policymakers Policymakers Private sector Private Sector Communities Communities AHA Platform

A connecting layer, not a replacement

AHA brings together organisations and stakeholders across longevity science, healthy lifestyles, elder healthcare and dementia care under a unified banner — building bridges across disciplines and sectors.

Select a group in the diagram — with a pointer or the keyboard — to read how AHA connects it to the rest of the ecosystem.

Civil society organisations
Service providers and community organisations already creating impact across the country. AHA enables, strengthens and amplifies their work rather than duplicating it.
Researchers
Research institutions and longevity scientists whose evidence AHA helps translate into policy, practice and public conversation.
Healthcare providers
Clinicians, care providers and health systems working to advance integrated care for older adults across the continuum of ageing and cognitive health.
Innovators
AgeTech developers, assistive technology builders and new models of care whose adoption AHA helps make visible.
Government
National and state government bodies and regulators, engaged through a structured interface rather than through isolated approaches.
Policymakers
Policy institutions shaping how ageing is integrated into national and state development agendas.
Private sector
Industry and philanthropies whose capital, reach and capability are essential to scaling what already works.
Communities
Older adults, families and caregivers — the people whose participation, dignity and independence every mission ultimately serves.

What we do

Eight strategic missions

AHA's work is organised across eight mission areas that together span the four quality-of-life dimensions the Dalberg framework identifies as foundational to longevity: economic security, health and well-being, freedom to participate, and social connectedness.

AHA's focus is not on addressing gaps already being adequately serviced by its member organisations.

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Our collaborative philosophy

People & Community × Government & Policy × Infrastructure & Institutions

Healthy ageing spans healthcare, dementia, caregiving, financial security, social inclusion, workforce participation, housing, technology and research. No single sector can carry it. AHA's role is to bring together People & Community, Government & Policy, and Infrastructure & Institutions.

People & Community

Civil society and communities

Service providers, community organisations, caregivers and older adults themselves — the organisations already creating impact whose work AHA exists to enable, strengthen and amplify.

Government & Policy

Government and policymakers

National and state governments, regulators and policy institutions, engaged through a structured interface that carries collective evidence into policy and systems change.

Infrastructure & Institutions

Industry, innovators and private sector

Innovators, AgeTech developers, healthcare providers, philanthropies and industry partners whose capability and capital create pathways for replication, adoption and scale.

Knowledge and evidence

Turning evidence into action

AHA facilitates the development, dissemination and application of knowledge across the ageing ecosystem — translating research into practical action for policymakers, practitioners and communities.

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Sector reports

Periodic reporting on India's ageing data

Building a shared evidence base on what older adults actually want, and on the underserved issues the sector has yet to measure.

Mission 07 — Knowledge, Evidence and Research Translation

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Policy briefs

Evidence for policy and systems change

Translating what members and research partners know into briefs that support engagement with national and state governments.

Mission 01 — Advocacy, Policy and Systems Change

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Frameworks and standards

Measurement frameworks and good practice

Competency frameworks, minimum care standards and evidence repositories that strengthen organisations across the ecosystem.

Mission 08 — Capacity Building, Standards and Quality Improvement

Note for editors: this section is built as a repeatable list. Published reports, briefs and resources can be added as new items without any change to the layout.

Building a healthier future for an ageing India

As India's population ages, the systems that support them must be strong, inclusive and future-ready. That takes all of us.

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