Elderly exposure to fungi: a review study

Indoor air quality is an increasing concern since people spend 90% of their time indoors. The majority of exposure to air pollution happens indoors rather than outdoors, despite the focus being on the latter. Indoor air quality in elderly care centers (ECC) is an emerging important issue arising in the last decade because of the increase in life expectancy, the number of individuals residing in ECC, and population aging, which is correlated with the inversion of the age pyramid (United Nations UN, 2012; GEP/MSSS, 2010). However, given the magnitude of the ECC population that is aging, and the considerable amount of time spent by elders within ECC, information linking contamination of ECC by particles, micro-organisms, and exposure of elders continues to be sparse. Thus, societies must provide environments that guaranty the wellbeing of vulnerable groups like the elderly.