Özet:

The social welfare policies for the elderly are formed according to the political, social and economic policies of the countries and are determining the quality of life of individuals. Although global aging is an important agenda throughout the world, the lack of a systematic and comprehensive data collection mechanism on the social well-being of elderly is a well-known fact. However, implementing the right and effective social policies towards the elderly will be possible with healthy data. International HelpAge, a United Nations affiliate organization, has since 2013 evaluated the country’s social welfare policies and practices towards elderly individuals according to the Global Ageing Monitoring Index. The Global Ageing Monitoring Index is based on an assessment of multiple factors that determine the social and economic well-being of elderly people and provides important clues to the country’s elderly well-being. The aim of this study is based on the data and documents of the United Nations and the International HelpAge Organization, in the framework of the data of 3 years (2013, 2014, 2015) from the beginning of the measurement of the Global Ageing Monitoring Index to the present day; the main indicators affecting the social well-being of the elderly, the country comparisons, the place in the index of Turkey and the social well-being perspective in terms of age. Considering the current index indicators, it seems that the social welfare policies of Turkey towards the elderly remain below the desired level.