The Sustainable Development Agenda Needs to Include Long-term Care.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Anne Margriet PotJohn R Beard

Abstract

The rapid ageing of populations around the world and the associated shift in the burden of disease from infectious to chronic conditions are creating complex challenges for national governments. Addressing the needs of these older populations in a sustainable and equitable way, will be a fundamental pillar of socioeconomic development in the 21st Century. The World Health Organization (WHO) Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health, which was adopted by all the Organization's 194 Member states in 2016, provides a clear framework for global action. One critical priority is to establish sustainable and equitable long-term care systems in every country. WHO defines long-term care as "the activities undertaken by others to ensure that people with, or at risk of, a significant ongoing loss of intrinsic capacity can maintain a level of functional ability consistent with their basic rights, fundamental freedoms and human dignity". These activities include both social care and health care, as well as contributions from other sectors, such as education or transport. And these activities need to be effectively coordinated if they are to efficiently, equitably and sustainably meet the needs of older people. This requires the st...Continue Reading

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Mar 7, 2020·BMJ Global Health·Ashley A LeechPeter J Neumann
Sep 10, 2019·World Psychiatry : Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)·Anne Margriet PotUNKNOWN iSupport development team
Jun 23, 2020·Health Services Insights·Maren SogstadMarianne Sundlisæter Skinner
Feb 11, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Patrick Alexander WachholzNatalia Aquaroni Ricci
Jul 17, 2021·Journal of the American Medical Directors Association·Mauricio Matus-López, Alexander Chaverri-Carvajal

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