Problems with care for older people with dementia in Australia “Fading Away”: How Aged Care Facilities in Australia Chemically Restrain Older People with Dementia
Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
Interim Guidelines for health workers at health centre or district hospital outpatient clinic
Minimum standards of home care for older people in Red Cross Red Crescent volunteer-based programming in the Europe Zone
The toolkit's purpose is to:
improve the primary health care response for older persons.
sensitize and educate primary health care workers about the specific needs of their older clients.
provide primary care health workers with a set of tools/instruments to assess older people's hea...lth.
raise awareness among primary care health workers of the accumulation of minor/major disabilities experienced by older people.
provide guidance on how to make primary health care management procedures more responsive to the needs of older people's needs.
offer direction on how to do environmental audits to test primary health care centres for their age-friendliness.
The toolkit comprises a number of instruments (evaluation forms, slides, figures, graphs, diagrams, scale tables, country guidelines, exam sheets, screening tools, cards, checklists, etc.) that can be used by primary health care workers to assess and address older persons' health. These resources are meant to supplement and not to replace local and national materials and guidelines
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Desk Review and Recommendations for Private Sector Engagement
WHO Regional EVD Preparedness Meeting Presentations January 14-16, 2015
A feasibility study in five African sites
This brief document aims to provide a framework for WHO assistance in this area.