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- Ageing - World Health Organization (WHO)
Ageing presents both challenges and opportunities It will increase demand for primary health care and long-term care, require a larger and better trained workforce, intensify the need for physical and social environments to be made more age-friendly, and call for everyone in every sector to combat ageism
- A society is measured by how it cares for its elderly citizens
“Elderly people deserve the highest respect,” says Dr Paloma Gómez-Campelo, a psychologist and researcher, Assistant Director of the Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research “This includes quality healthcare, to allow for the best quality of life for the people who have helped build the society we currently enjoy ”
- Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection - World Health Organization (WHO)
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of the viruses that causes the common cold (upper respiratory infection) It usually makes people only mildly sick, but it can make some people very si
- Mental health of older adults - World Health Organization (WHO)
Fact sheet on mental health and older adults providing key facts and information on risk factors, dementia , depression, treatment and care strategies, WHO response
- WHOs work on the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030)
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) is an opportunity to bring together governments, civil society, international agencies, professionals, academia, the media, and the private sector for ten years of concerted, catalytic and collaborative action to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live
- Abuse of older people - World Health Organization (WHO)
Overview The abuse of older people, also known as elder abuse, is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person
- Older people COVID-19 - World Health Organization (WHO)
COVID-19 is changing older people’s daily routines, the care and support they receive, their ability to stay socially connected and how they are perceived
- Social isolation and loneliness among older people: advocacy brief
This advocacy brief on social isolation and loneliness among older people highlights the growing public health and policy concern about these issues, which have been made more salient by the COVID-19 pandemic The brief summarizes the scale, impact, and harms of social isolation and loneliness among older people, and outlines what can be done to reduce them This brief also describes several
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