Dementia
This fact sheet defines dementia and its common forms, and describes signs and symptoms, treatment and care, risk factors and prevention, and the social, economic, and familial impacts of the disease. Links are included to WHO's public health responses to dementia.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2023.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets
Elder abuse
This fact sheet provides statistics on how common elder abuse is and in what forms abuse may occur. The website also details risk factors, prevention, and WHO's response to the problem.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2022.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets
Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030)
The WHO document describes the plan for a Decade of Decade 2020-2030, which is the second action plan of the WHO Global Strategy on Ageing and Health. It outlines the opportunity for governments, civil society, international agencies, professionals, academia, the media, and the private sector to take action to improve the lives of older adults. The website includes links to the final proposal in six different languages, and an embedded link to a WHO website that describes how one can get involved in the effort.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2020.
Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health
This report provides the global strategy and action plan on aging and health developed in May 2016 by the World Health Assembly. It establishs a framework focusing on five strategic objectives to achieve healthy aging for all.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2017.
https://www.who.int/publications
Aging and health
This fact sheet explains aging, lists health conditions associated with aging, and describes factors that affect healthy aging. Challenges to responding to population ageing are addressed, along with WHO's action plan for responding to these challenges.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2022.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets
Alzheimers' Disease and Related Dementias
This NIA website provides information on Alzheimers and related dementias, with links to learn more about the disease, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment, caregiving, living with dementia, resources for professionals, and dementia research and clinical trials along with recent articles.
Source: National Institue on Aging (NIA), 2020.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/
The Gerontologist Podcast
The Gerontologist Podcast hosted by Howard B. Degeholtz, PhD, FGSA, Social Media Editor of The Gerontologist, includes a series of interviews with authors of research articles published in journal related to care of older adults. Topics include driving cessation and transportation needs, care conferences in nursing homes, robotic pets in dementia care, mindfulness interventions for dementia caregivers, use of cannabis among older adults, and homeless for the first time.
Source: Gerontological Society of America (GS), 2020.
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