Regional Office for Africa : 2001 ; Africa Region, Issue Aachrd 01.1: Second Intercountry Meeting on the Implementation of the Health Sector Component of the Un-Special Initiative on Africa

By M. Hamid Boukrif

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Title:	Regional Office for Africa : 2001 ; Africa Region, Issue Aachrd 01.1: Second Intercountry Meeting on the Implementation of the Health Sector Component of the Un-Special Initiative on Africa
Author:	M. Hamid Boukrif
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
General Aging and the health and quality of life of the elderly tend to be low priorities in the government policies of most European countries. There is a need for further efforts to improve active life expectancy, income support, housing, transport, community participation and services for the elderly. The goal is to improve the quality of their lives and reduce inequities in aging existing in the Region. Most elderly people maintain their health, which enables them to function in their homes and in the community. In their later years, however, they may experience chronic health problems and become frailer, and may seed to use long-term care services provided in the community or in institutions. The purpose of community long-term care is to enable people to Live autonomously in their own homes by delivering to them the necessary health and social services. When living at home becomes too difficult, elderly people could move to institutions which provide more intensive medical attention and services that promote their good functioning. At present, there are often few links between the hospital and community services. Community services may not be well coordinated or simply not available. This might be also due to lack of professional training, old-fashioned attitudes and prejudices. The challenge for governments, service providers and the public is to put in place a system that provides support to people who need it at the right time and place and for as Long as necessary. The doors separating the institutions from the community should be opened and the services should be mutually complementary.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Introduction..... . - . . - . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part I Development of the project Needs, issues and principles of small area planning fortheelderly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Part I1 Some country reports Reports from countries using the same format Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 UnitedKingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Reports from other countries Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............................23 Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Part I11 Reports on follow-up meetings and proposals 1989-1991 A course on small area planning at the Inter-University Centre of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, May-June 1989 . . .....41 Proposal for the future of the small area planning project based on the conclusions of a WHOIEURAG Colloquium on Community Action in the Local Area, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1990 . . . . . International Workshop on Small Area Planning for the Elderly Institute for Medical Sociology, Hamburg, Germany, May 1991 . . . . Annex 1. Extract from Healthy Aging in Europe in 199211993: local action on continuity of care for the elderly . . . . . .