{"id":2376,"date":"2014-06-26T08:56:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T08:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agefriendlyworld.local.org\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2014-09-17T08:24:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T08:24:53","slug":"age-friendly-primary-health-care-centres-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/age-friendly-primary-health-care-centres-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Age-friendly Primary Health Care Centres Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The toolkit builds upon the concepts and principles of the WHO\u2019s Active Ageing Policy\u00a0Framework, published in 2002 on the occasion of the Second World Assembly on\u00a0Ageing in Madrid. The Active Ageing Policy Framework calls on policy-makers,\u00a0governments, and the non-governmental sector to optimize opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance the quality of life of people as they\u00a0age.<\/p>\n<p>The framework recognizes that active and healthy ageing depends on a variety of\u00a0determinants that surround individuals throughout the life course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0001 Cross-cutting determinants: culture and gender<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Determinants related to health and social service systems e.g. health promotion and<\/li>\n<li>disease prevention.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Behavioural determinants e.g. tobacco use and physical activity.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Determinants related to personal factors e.g. biological and psychological factors.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Determinants related to the physical environment e.g. safe housing and falls.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Economic determinants e.g. income and social protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These determinants and the interplay between them are good predictors of how well\u00a0individuals age; they cope with illness and disability; or remain active contributors of their\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized the critical role that primary\u00a0health centres play in the health of older persons in all countries and the need for these\u00a0centres to be accessible and adapted to the needs of older populations.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, all primary health care workers should be well versed in the diagnosis\u00a0and management of the chronic diseases and the so-called four giants of geriatrics:\u00a0memory loss, urinary incontinence, depression and falls\/immobility that often impact\u00a0people as they age.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full WHO toolkit <a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/WHO-Age-friendly-Primary-Health-Care-toolkit.pdf\">here<\/a> and the trainer guide <a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/WHO-Age-friendly-Primary-Health-Care-toolkit-trainer-guide.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The toolkit builds upon the concepts and principles of the WHO\u2019s Active Ageing Policy\u00a0Framework, published in 2002 on the occasion of the Second World Assembly on\u00a0Ageing in Madrid. The Active Ageing Policy Framework calls on policy-makers,\u00a0governments, and the non-governmental sector to optimize opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance the quality of life of people as they\u00a0age.<\/p>\n<p>The framework recognizes that active and healthy ageing depends on a variety of\u00a0determinants that surround individuals throughout the life course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0001 Cross-cutting determinants: culture and gender<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Determinants related to health and social service systems e.g. health promotion and<\/li>\n<li>disease prevention.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Behavioural determinants e.g. tobacco use and physical activity.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Determinants related to personal factors e.g. biological and psychological factors.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Determinants related to the physical environment e.g. safe housing and falls.<\/li>\n<li>\u0001 Economic determinants e.g. income and social protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These determinants and the interplay between them are good predictors of how well\u00a0individuals age; they cope with illness and disability; or remain active contributors of their\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized the critical role that primary\u00a0health centres play in the health of older persons in all countries and the need for these\u00a0centres to be accessible and adapted to the needs of older populations.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, all primary health care workers should be well versed in the diagnosis\u00a0and management of the chronic diseases and the so-called four giants of geriatrics:\u00a0memory loss, urinary incontinence, depression and falls\/immobility that often impact\u00a0people as they age.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full WHO toolkit <a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/WHO-Age-friendly-Primary-Health-Care-toolkit.pdf\">here<\/a> and the trainer guide <a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/WHO-Age-friendly-Primary-Health-Care-toolkit-trainer-guide.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":2378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[552],"tags":[313,307,297],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions\/2379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}