Falls
This fact sheet describes the incidence of falls, the scope of the problem, who is at risk for falls, and how to prevent falls.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2021.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets
How to adapt person-centered health services to ageing population?
WHO believes that every older person should have access to high quality, person-centered services. This brief video explains WHO's guidelines for Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE), which focuses on building their physical and mental capacities.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2018.
https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/how-to-adapt-person-centered-health-services-to-ageing-populations#
Age-friendly World
This website aims to engage the global community to create an age-friendly world through city and community planning. Viewers of the site can access newsletters, discover age-friendly practices, submit age-friendly practices, and explore the global network. Cities and communities can apply to join the global network.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2020.
Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia
These WHO guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for delaying and/or preventing cognitive decline and dementia through lifestyle behaviors and interventions. The guidelines may be useful for health care providers, policy-makers, and other stakeholders.
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
WHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)
These WHO guidelines propose evidence-based recommendations for health professionals to prevent, slow, or reverse declines in the physical and mental health of older adults. The PDF of the guidelines is available for download in seven languages.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2017.
https://www.who.int/publications
Integrated Care for Older People
This website explains the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) package of tools, which help key stakeholders in health and social care to design and implement a person-centered and coordinated model of care.. The site includes links to the ICOPE Guidelines, ICOPE Handbook, ICOPE Handbook App, and other materials.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2019.
https://www.who.int/publications
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