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/
Preventing Elder Abuse
Elder abuse often goes unreported and unnoticed to the public. Types of abuse include physical, verbal/mental, financial, sexual, caregiving neglect, and self neglect. This guide addresses many types of elder abuse and how to prevent such abuses. It also helps seniors avoid becoming victims of scams and theft. Links to additional resources are also provided.
Source: SeniorLiving.org, 2025
https://www.seniorliving.org/
Health in Aging: Age-Friendly Healthcare & You
As we live longer, we know we’ll need a health system that understands what makes our care unique as we age. The John A.
Health in Aging: Essential Vaccines for Older Adults
This site provides information and resources on vaccines for older adults, including COVID-19, influenza, pneumonia, shingles, and RSV.
Source: Health in Aging (HiA), 2025
https://www.healthinaging.org/
Practice & Leadership in Nursing Homes
A new book from Sigma Marketplace, Practice & Leadership in Nursing Homes, is an excellent companion resource for The Teaching Nursing Home series. This book challenges educators and students to look beyond incorrect perceptions and negative attitudes to see a vibrant, growing healthcare sector ripe for nurses to make an impact and build rewarding careers. Long-term care settings are highly regulated environments where the emphasis historically has been on compliance.
"Delirium and Older Adults: Assessing, Preventing, and Intervening in the Community Context "
Samuel Theesfeld, MN, RN created this toolkit with advisement from Teresa McCarthy, MD, and Kristine M.C. Talley, PhD, CNP, RN. Mr. Theesfeld is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing with clinical experience in the acute care of older adults recovering from stroke and other neurologic conditions. Dr. McCarthy is an Associate Professor in the department of Family Medicine and Community Health and geriatrician. Dr.