Elderly Care Products & Services Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Elderly Care Products & Services Market size is $832.8 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 3.9% during the forecast period 2020-2025. Elderly care often referred to as a senior care, is specialized care that is designed to meet the needs and requirements of senior citizens at various stages. As such elderly care is a broader term, as it encompasses everything from assisted living and nursing care to adult day care, home care and even hospice care. Increasing geriatric population and the growing awareness among consumers regarding home care services is a significant factor fueling its market growth. Besides, this an upsurge in the technological advancement including development of robots capable of assisting elderly people in carrying out day to day operation is estimated to boost its market growth. Also, various government organization is supporting this industry, thus fueling market growth. For instance, in Australia the government funds offer an Aged Care Approval Round (ACAR) and similar other programs to help service providers with grant or build their facilities. In addition, owing to the Covid 19 pandemic the government is set to provide package of $52.9million, to residential aged care (RAC), National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (NATSI), and Home Care providers over the next 2 years.

The report: “Elderly Care Products & Services Market Forecast (2020-2025)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Elderly Care Products & Services Market.

By Type- Products and Services.

By Product- Housing and Assistive Devices & Personal Care Products.

By Services- Homecare, Community Based Services and Institutional Care.

By Age- 65 to 74, 75 to 84 and 85 and older.

By Gender- Male and Female.

By End-User- Hospitals, Elderly Nursing Home and Homecare.

By Geography-North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World.

By Product, the Elderly Care Products & Services is segmented into Housing and Assistive Devices and Personal Care Products. Housing and Assistive Devices segment held the largest market share in the year 2019 owing to the rising geriatric population leading to an increase in the number of cardiovascular diseases such as arthritis, cataracts, and heart diseases are some of the factors increasing the use of housing and assistive devices in the upcoming years. Moreover, according to the World Health Organization, about more than 1 billion people are using housing and assistive devices promoting dependency and decreasing the need for other support which is projected to increase the growth of this segment. Also, personal care products are projected to witness growth at fastest CAGR of 3.3% in forecast period 2020-2025. Personal care products help to maintain personal hygiene for elderly people improving health problems and an increase in the demand of this segment.

By End-User, the Elderly Care Products & Services is segmented into Hospitals, Elderly Nursing Home and Homecare. Homecare segment held the largest market share in the year 2019 owing to the increasing elderly population which in turn is projected to increase the demand of homecare services. Moreover, by 2040, the population of elders with age 85 and above exceeded by 14million which is an increase of 143% from 2013. This in turn is set to increase the demand of homecare services owing to the thought that most senior citizens would rely on home care. Also, elderly nursing home is projected to witness growth at fastest CAGR of 4.0% in forecast period 2020-2025. As elderly people often visit the nursing home owing to the accumulation of multiple medical problems over time resulting in frailty and dysfunctions with the ability to take care of themselves thereby contributing to an increase in the growth of this segment.

Europe contributed to the largest market share of 37.4% owing to the presence of large dominant players in the region including Koninklijke Philips and Medtronic Plc. The increasing social services in U.K. covering multiple services from counselling, referrals, day care, vocational rehabilitation and habilitation services to the elderly people will further support market expansion. Moreover, according to the provisional figures published by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), UK on January 2019, estimated 3.31 million population is above 65 years old which in turn accounted for estimated 19.4% of the total population of U.K. Besides, this based on recent trends in the proportion of elderly population in residential care and recent contraction in supply, it is estimated that U.K. needs at least 75,000 additional elderly care beds by 2030, and that based on recent trends, demand would outstrip supply by 2022 which in turn is projected to increase elderly care regional market growth.

The growing demand for home care services for elderly people is a significant factor driving the Elderly Care Products & Services market during the forecast period 2020-2025. The growing elderly population coupled with the rising demand of services for individuals suffering from chronic diseases that are above the age of 60 worldwide will further fuel market growth. In addition, increase in the population globally has ensured higher elder care thereby, the market is anticipated to grow in the upcoming years.

Technological advancement and product innovation are another major factor driving the Elderly Care Products & Services Market during the forecast period 2020-2025. Increasing product innovation including gadgets for emergency assistance, remote monitoring devices and health monitoring wearable devices are increasing which in turn helps to monitor the patient more efficiently with lesser effort. New products such as grab bars, assistive sitting devices, toilet accessories and others are contributing to growth of the market. 

Some of the factors that may impede the growth of Elderly Care Products & Services Market during the forecast period 2020-2025 are high cost of elderly care services and products. Moreover, increasing expenses of products and services restricts the patients from opting them which in turn hampers its market growth in the future. 

Product Launches, Merger & Acquisitions, joint ventures and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by the players in Elderly Care Products & Services Market. Elderly Care Products & Services Market top 10 companies are Koninklijke Philips N.V., Unicharm, Cardinal Health, Medtronic Plc, Interim Healthcare, Bayada Home Healthcare, Right at Home, Genesis Healthcare, Signature Healthcare and Sunrise Senior Living.