Decent health care for older people

Health care for older people.

Housing and health care for older people.

There is an enormous impact of home conditions both on the health of an older person living with a long-term illness, and their ability to remain independent in the face of disability. Geriatricians are often called upon to give advice to older people with a new illness about where to live. It is important therefore that they should understand the relationship between housing and health, and ho...

Health care cooperatives: innovations for older people.

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AFFAIRS Health Care for Older People in Ireland

Despite a low level of popular advocacy for older people, specialist medical and psychiatric services for older people have developed rapidly in Ireland, and geriatric medicine has become the largest medical specialty in hospital practice. Official policy has incorporated significant recognition of the special needs of older people, but implementation of these policies has been variable and ina...

Better Mental Health Care for Older People in India

Demographic aging will soon lead to a sudden increase in the number of older people with dementia and depression in India. We need to develop services to meet the mental health needs of the aged in the population. Geriatric Psychiatry section of IPS has initiated a process of consultations to address this emerging public health issue. Health professionals involved in the care of older people wi...