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Global age-friendly cities: a guide
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 82
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
The purpose of this guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity. It describes the converging trends of rapid growth of the population over 60 years of age and of urbanisation, outlines the challenge facing cities, and summarises the research process that led to identifying the core features of an age-friendly city. The report examines in particular: outdoor spaces and buildings; transportation; housing; social participation; respect and social inclusion; civic participation and employment; communication and information; and community support and health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Global report on assistive technology
- Authors:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)
- Publishers:
- World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 140
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
This report presents a comprehensive dataset and analysis of the access to assistive technology, drawing the attention of governments and civil society to the need for, and benefit of, assistive technology, including its return on investment. The report explores how to improve access to assistive technology, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, inclusive Universal Health Coverage, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Assistive technology is an umbrella term for assistive products and their related systems and services. Assistive technology enables and promotes the inclusion, participation and engagement of persons with disabilities, ageing populations and people living with chronic conditions in the family, community and all areas of society, including the political, economic and social spheres. Assistive products can enhance performance in all key functional domains such as cognition, communication, hearing, mobility, self-care and vision. The report presents ten recommendations intended to guide countries and the stakeholders in their work to progressively improve access to assistive technology and towards universal coverage: improve access to assistive technology within all key development sectors; ensure that assistive products are safe, effective and affordable; enlarge, diversify and improve workforce capacity; actively involve users of assistive technology and their families; increase public awareness and combat stigma; Invest in data and evidence-based policy; invest in research, innovation and an enabling ecosystem; develop and invest in enabling environments; Include assistive technology in humanitarian responses; provide technical and economic assistance through international cooperation to support national efforts. (Edited publisher abstract)
Integrated care for older people (ICOPE) implementation framework: guidance for systems and services
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 52
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
The framework provides guidance on how to implement the Integrated care for older people (ICOPE) approach in member states. The ICOPE approach is underpinned by the principle that functional ability can be maximised when services and systems integrate health and social care for older people in a manner that responds to their unique needs - that is, in a person centred manner. The framework can be used to: identify older people in the community in need of health and social care; assess the capacity of services or systems to deliver integrated care at the community level using the ICOPE approach; and initiate an ICOPE implementation plan according to capacity. The framework includes 19 implementation actions. The macro-level system components cover: strengthening governance and accountability systems; and enabling system-level strengthening. The meso-level service components cover: engaging and empowering people and communities; supporting the coordination of services delivered by multidisciplinary providers; and directing services towards community-based care. The document includes an ICOPE implementation scorecard and is based around actions needed against individual scores for each of the 19 implementation actions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Measuring the age-friendliness of cities: a guide to using core indicators
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 119
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
This guide sets forth a framework and a set of core and supplementary indicators to inform the selection of a local indicator set to monitor and evaluate progress in improving the age-friendliness of urban environments. An age-friendly city is defined as an inclusive and accessible community environment that optimises opportunities for health, participation and security for all people, in order that quality of life and dignity are ensured as people age. Core indicators comprise: equity indicators; accessibility of the physical environment indicators; and inclusiveness of the social environment indicators. The guide includes references and additional resources, such as examples of local initiatives to develop indicators for measuring the age-friendliness of communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Integrated care for older people: guidelines on community-level interventions to manage declines in intrinsic capacity
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 60
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Evidence-based guidance to health care providers on community interventions to detect and manage the declining physical and mental capacity of older people, and to deliver interventions in support of caregivers. The recommendations can act as the basis for national guidelines. They will require countries to place the needs and preferences of older adults at the centre, using a person-centred and integrated approach. The guidelines are organised into three modules: Module I - Declines in intrinsic capacity, including mobility loss, malnutrition, visual impairment and hearing loss, cognitive impairment, and depressive symptoms; Module II - Geriatric syndromes associated with care dependency, including urinary incontinence and risk of falls; Module III - Caregiver support: interventions to support caregiving and prevent caregiver strain. The conditions were selected because they express reductions in physical and mental capacities and are strong independent predictors of mortality and care dependency in older age. (Edited publisher abstract)