{
  "id": 14117492,
  "title": "Why does India need a trained workforce for elderly care?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/why-does-india-need-a-trained-workforce-for-elderly-care",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T03:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/why-does-india-need-a-trained-workforce-for-elderly-care/article71576741.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India’s 60-plus population is projected to touch 347 million by 2050, underscoring the need for a robust caregiving ecosystem; a formal training programme, building on existing small-scale initiatives, could promote gender parity in caregiving and recognise informal, unpaid family caregivers",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}