In Ghana Life expectancy at birth is 57 years (Human Development Report 2004). The demographic profile of Ghana reveals that currently persons aged 60 years and over constitute about 7 percent of the total population (which is among the highest in Africa). Most of these elderly persons reside in rural areas. Ghana’s population ageing had been precipitated more by rapid fertility decline and improvements in public health measures, personal hygiene, sanitation and nutrition. The impact of rural-to-urban migration, as well as death due to HIV/AIDS of able-bodied young people added to the burgeoning of the rural population. The number of the elderly rose from 0.6 million to 2.3 million between 1960 and 2000. The overwhelming majority of these older people had no formal education and was engaged in agricultural activities (8 out of every 10 in each case). It is predicted that by 2050 Ghana’s rural population would be an old population. (http://www.uaps.org/confageing/chuksmba.pdf)