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Decade of Healthy Aging in the Americas
Highlights
New virtual course: Development of Competences in Health Care for Older Persons: ACAPEM ‒ Intermediate Level
Older adults have unique characteristics associated with their care, which demand a response from health systems. Training of health professionals regarding the aging of population and older adults’ needs is crucial to develop necessary skills to older adults’ adequate care in the Region of the Americas, and ultimately, as a result, strengthen health systems.
The Development of Competences in Health Care for Older Persons (ACAPEM) is a network training strategy that PAHO/WHO, along with other Associations and Institutions promotes in the Region of the Americas, to achieve its suitability in the care of older persons. It is divided into three levels, from lowest to highest complexity: ACAPEM-Basic, ACAPEM-Intermediate and ACAPEM-Advanced. Currently, only the ACAPEM-Basic virtual course is available in English.
New database: Promising interventions to prevent and respond to abuse of older people
This database is the first product of the UN Decade of Healthy Aging's intervention accelerator initiative on abuse of older people, which aims to develop a portfolio of effective approaches to prevent and respond to the abuse of older people. The database contains 89 promising interventions identified through a rigorous search and screening of nearly 14,000 scientific studies.
News
PAHO Executive Committee approves Policy on Long-Term Care (LTC) 2025-2034
The 174th Session of the PAHO Executive Committee was held from from June 24 to 28, 2024 and on the first day of its session, three key policy documents for the transformation of health systems in the Americas were approved. The policy on long-term care addresses challenges related to care dependency and its impact on individuals, health systems, and societies. Countries are urged to invest in increased access to long-term care and disability prevention services across the life course, organized and coordinated by health and social care systems.
Diabfrail-Latam project advances in Latin America
The DIABFRAIL-LATAM consortium members gathered in Bucaramanga, Colombia on May 22-23, 2024. They shared research findings from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru and discussed expanding the project across Latin America. Attendees included members from Chile, Colombia, Italy, Peru, Spain, and PAHO. PAHO oversees project communication and scaling efforts with notable advancements in various countries.
Other information
Age-friendly cities and communities in the Americas
As of June 30th, there are a total of 959 cities and communities committed to be age-friendly in the Region of the Americas.
Our newest members include Santa Izabel do Oeste, Brazil and Regina, Canada. Welcome!
To learn more about age-friendly initiatives in the Region and worldwide, please visit the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities webpage.
Progress report on the United Nations decade of healthy aging, 2021-2023: executive summary
This progress report on the UN Decade of Healthy Aging, 2021–2030 (the Decade) developed by UN partners, provides comparisons of 10 national progress indicators for the Decade in 2020 and 2022. The Portuguese translation of the executive summary is now available.
Academic Development and Research Channel of Clínica Alemana de Santiago - Prevention of Falls Conference
The Life Course Unit Chief gave a presentation on Healthy aging and Public Policies: The Pan-American Reality for the Prevention of Falls Conference which was held from the 30-31st of May. See the recording here. Access the complete playlist of the Conference here.
PAHO's Health Systems and Services Newsletter - June 2024
Click here to check out the latest news from PAHO Health Systems and Services Department.
