World Senior Citizens Day

World Senior Citizens Day is celebrated as respect paid to our elderly people. In the year 2021, World Old Citizen Day was celebrated on August 21, i.e., Saturday and the aim of celebrating the international senior citizen day was to acknowledge the contribution of elders to our society, as it significantly adds to their inclusion in society’s development and growth.

So, World Senior Citizen’s Day is a special day dedicated to all the elders around the world; to bring forth the issues they face and come up with solutions for those issues.

On this page, we will go through the World Senior Citizens Day History along with the World Senior Citizens Day Significance and the interesting quotes on World Old Day.

About World Old Citizen Day 

World Senior Citizens Day is marked as respect and tribute to the senior citizens and is celebrated on 21 August every year all around the world. 

The aim of celebrating this day is to raise awareness among people about the issues that affect older adults. On this day, we must acknowledge and appreciate the senior citizens for their dedication, accolades, and the services they have offered throughout their lives.

We must also learn from their experiences on how to lead a successful and happier life and also to respect their contribution to building the world we live in. The day commemorates people and the government for their commitment to work for the welfare of the senior citizens. Therefore, it is an effort by the young to look into the issues that our elders face by the running age and raise awareness about those problems.

World Senior Citizen Day History - A Brief History of the World Citizens Day

Ronald Reagan, the then former President of the US, officially announced World Senior Citizens Day, after he signed the Proclamation on August 19, 1988.

Henceforth, on 14 December 1990, the UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) decided to celebrate 21 August as International Senior Citizen Day.

In his presidential declaration, Regan said, “For all that senior citizens have accomplished throughout their lives and for all that they resume doing, we pay our gratitude and sincere greetings to them.”

World Senior Citizens Day Significance

This day gives an opportunity to remind governments to remember the promises they made to the senior residents and measures, which ought to be taken for them. It is the obligation of each government to guarantee that they can avail all state benefits without issue. The day additionally highlights the significance of guaranteeing that the senior residents don't confront any sort of misuse or trouble. 

For senior residents in India, there are different plans, including the following:

• Integrated Program for Older Persons, 

• Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, 

• Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana, and Vayoshreshtha Samman. 

These plans are dispatched in the nation to improve the quality of life by furnishing the old with fundamental conveniences and rights.

Interesting Quotes On World Senior Citizens Day

• Mark Twain says that Wrinkles on old faces should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

• “We ought to respect our senior citizens because they are elder to us and also because they are a plethora of knowledge, wise, and they have seen life from the angles we will be leading to.”

• Theodore Roosevelt said, “Old Age is like everything. To make an accomplishment of it, you’ve got to start young.” 

• Aristotle said that “Education is the best apportion for old age.” - Aristotle

• Les Brown said that “You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.” -

• Confucius said that “Old age is a remarkable and pleasant thing. It is true you are softly shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a cozy front stall as a spectator.”