ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT POPULATION FORECASTS PUBLISHED IN 2014, IN 2030 MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE EUROPEAN POPULATION WILL BE AT LEAST 65 YEARS OLD. EVEN WITH AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ITALY, WITH AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEOPLE: OVER 65 YEARS OLD, NOW 20.3 % OF THE TOTAL, IN THE CENTRAL SCENARIO WILL INCREASE UNTIL 2043, WITH AN INCREASE OF 32 %. THE NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ITALY AGED BETWEEN 65 AND 74 YEARS IS 8 TIMES GREATER THAN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PAST CENTURY, WHILE OLDER PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 85 YEARS OF AGE INCREASED MORE THAN 24 TIMES, THANKS TO THE PROGRESS OF BOTH SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE (REDUCTION OF RELIGIOUS RESORT) AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD HYGIENE AND NUTRITION, GREATER ATTENTION TO WELL-BEING AND WELL-BEING), AND MANY OLDER PEOPLE WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING AND FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL SECTORS.