Between 26 July and 6 August, 1982, a special UN-sponsored World Assembly on Aging will be held in Vienna to discuss the long-range future of the world's elderly. Issues on the agenda include health, housing and the environment, social welfare, income security, education and the family, and the role of the elderly in development.
An elderly Eskimo woman who serves as the local medicine lady, dispensing herbal cures to the village population.