Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority
Morbidity and mortality associated with bereavement is an important public health issue, yet economic and resource investments to effectively implement and sustain integrated bereavement services are sorely lacking at national and global levels. Although bereavement support is a component of palliative care provision, continuity of care for bereaved individuals is often not standard practice in palliative and end-of-life contexts.
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Aging, Agency, and Attribution of Responsibility: Shifting Public Discourse about Older Adults
This report analyzes and compares media and advocacy organizations’ narratives about aging and older adults. The goal of the report is to suggest communications strategies that advocates can use to push media discourse in more productive directions, and ultimately increase public support for the policies and programs necessary to promote the well-being of older adults, and ensure their full participation in American society.
"Gauging Aging: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public Understandings of Aging in America"
This report is the first step in a larger collaboration with the Leaders of Aging Organizations, a group administered by Grantmakers in Aging that includes the AARP, the American Federation for Aging Research, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Society on Aging, the Gerontological Society of America, the National Council on Aging, and the National Hispanic Council on Aging. The collaboration seeks to develop a new, evidence-based narrative around the process of aging in our country, and the roles and contributions of older Americans.
United Nations DESA Programme on Ageing
In 2002, the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and the Political Declaration adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing marked a turning point in how the world addresses the key challenge of “building a society for all ages.” The primary action of the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) programme on ageing is to facilitate and promote MIPAA including: designing guidelines for policy development and implementation; advocating means to mainstream ageing issues into development agendas
Health Topics: Ageing
This is the official website for the WHO division charged with policy development for the health of older persons. WHO works with Member States, UN agencies and diverse stakeholders from various sectors to foster healthy ageing in every country.
Leave No-One Behind: Ageing, Gender and the SDGs
Ageing is a critical, yet overlooked development issue directly implicating 12.2% of the global population, with currently more than 901 million people aged 60 and older, an increasing majority of whom live in low and middle-income countries. Despite their demographic significance, older persons have been typically unrecognized by international development programmes, policy, and discourse, and as a result, low-and-middle-income countries have fallen behind in developing capacities to address the needs of their ageing populations.
Elder Sexual Abuse: The Hidden Victim-A Training Program for Law Enforcement
This manual is designed to give trainers all the necessary information to design a successful learning experience to conduct a day-long training to enhance law enforcement officers’ abilities to respond to crimes of sexual assault against older people. There are two uses for this manual. Before the training, the manual should be reviewed and used to prepare for the training, including copying the camera-ready participant materials found in the manual. During the training, the manual provides a script for presenting the information and guiding the participants.
Professional Resources
The Family Caregiver Alliance offers a wide range of professional resource including professional tools to find information on referring clients to FCA, professional training, assesment, clinical studies, reserach, statistics, and program development. Also available are caregiver articles, webinars, and videos; a research registry; and information on advocacy, legislation, reports, and news.
Source: Family Caregiver Alliance. 2025
https://www.caregiver.org/
Caregiver Resources
The Family Caregiver Alliance offers a wide range of caregiver resources, including caregiving tips, information and encouragement about taking care of yourself as a caregiver, connections to community organizations and agencies, and overviews of health conditions. Many resources are available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
Source: Family Caregiver Alliance, 2025
https://www.caregiver.org/