Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- The world's 65+ population is growing faster than all other age groups, and by 2050, one in six people globally are going to be older than 65, compared to 1 in 11 in 2019. Nepal itself is ageing fasteven as overseas demand continues to grow for Nepali migrant geriatric caregivers.

Even before the current health crisis, the care sector was already facing critical shortages worldwide.The OECD estimates that maintaining the current ratio of 5 workers for every 100 individuals above 65 will itself require 13.5 million more caregivers.

As the deaths from Covid-19 worldwide exceeds 1 million, the pandemic has drawn attention to the lackluster situation of elderly care, inadequate staff, PPEs, high turnovers, and with a ...