2024年10月1日 · Key facts on ageing and health: explanation of ageing, common health conditions associated with ageing, Factors influencing Healthy Ageing, Challenges in responding to population ageing and WHO's response

2024年9月24日 · 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.

2019年5月24日 · “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.”

2021年3月14日 · The Action Plan for the Development of Smart Elderly Care Industry (2017–2020) was developed to encourage the private sector to expand supply for smart ageing. Wearables, portable gadgets for health monitoring, self-diagnostic medical devices, elderly monitoring and alert systems, robot butlers, and data-driven smart care were identified as ...

2023年10月20日 · Fact sheet on mental health and older adults providing key facts and information on risk factors, dementia , depression, treatment and care strategies, WHO response.

Older people are a valuable resource for any society. Ageing is a natural phenomenon with opportunities and challenges. According to Census 2011, India has 104 million older people (60+years), constituting 8.6% of total population. Amongst the …

2008年3月17日 · The report describes the magnitude of falls, a framework for prevention and the challenges faced to tackle this problem. It also includes examples of effective interventions.

Thailand is among the fastest ageing countries in the world. Of its 67 million population, 12 million Thais, are elderly according to the latest national statistics report. Since 2005, the country has been classified as an ‘aged society’ as people aged 60 years and above accounted for 10% of the population. It is expected that the country’s elderly population will increase to 28% and ...

2020年6月16日 · 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.

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.