{"id":7128,"date":"2026-07-23T15:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.236.237.24\/?p=7128"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:18:50","slug":"nphce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/nphce\/","title":{"rendered":"National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7128\" class=\"elementor elementor-7128\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc39749 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fc39749\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56bb8759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"56bb8759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a04fe1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a04fe1f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e0cd09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54e0cd09\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4974ff3 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4974ff3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d5955f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d5955f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #734610; font-weight: 600;\">National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE)<\/h4>\n<style>\na{\ntext-decoration:none;color:black;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1163 size-full\" \/><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify:;\">In countries with large populations, such as India, the number of elderly persons aged 60 years and above has grown substantially. As per estimates for 2022, India has nearly 149 million elderly persons, accounting for about 10.5 percent of the country\u2019s total population. Within India, the State of Tamil Nadu stands out as one of the most rapidly ageing states, ranking second in the country as per the 2011 Census, with older persons constituting 13.7 percent of the total population. This increasing proportion of elderly individuals underscores the need for comprehensive policies and programmes to address their health, social, and economic well-being.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In countries with large populations, such as India, the number of elderly persons aged 60 years and above has grown substantially. As per estimates for 2022, India has nearly 149 million elderly persons, accounting for about 10.5 percent of the country\u2019s total population. Within India, the State of Tamil Nadu stands out as one of the most rapidly ageing states, ranking second in the country as per the 2011 Census, with older persons constituting 13.7 percent of the total population. This increasing proportion of elderly individuals underscores the need for comprehensive policies and programmes to address their health, social, and economic well-being.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhm-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}