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Webinar: Integrated care for older people handbook (ICOPE handbook) Guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care, Second edition [1]

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Date: 2025-01-29

Join WHO to launch of ‘Integrated care for older people handbook: guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care, 2nd edition' on Wednesday 29 January, 13.00-14.15 CET

Audience

The primary audience for the launch event is health workers, including community health workers, and others involved in the delivery of health and social care and support services for older people at the community level. Other audiences include health workers at the facility levels, policy makers, programme managers, CSOs, academics and researchers, who support care for older people.

Objectives

To raise awareness of the importance of integrated, person-centred care for older people; To highlight the changes made to the ICOPE handbook in the second edition; To provide examples of how community stakeholders can support integrated care for older people, including in low resource settings; To acknowledge and appreciate the vital role of CHWs and other community stakeholders in the delivery of integrated care for older people.

Agenda

Greetings: Anshu Banerjee, Director, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, WHO HQ

Remarks from an older person; Ms. Gabrielle Keep, Andorra

Summary of ICOPE handbook second edition: Yuka Sumi, Medical Officer, Ageing and Health Unit, WHO

Panel discussion with community stakeholders and health and care workers: Vira Tum, HelpAge Cambodia, Cambodia Rafael Ríos Sigala, Health promotor, Mexico Emmanuel Martin Odhiambo, Community health assistant, Kenya N.D. Chanika Ruwanthi, Public health nursing officer, Sri Lanka Parvathy Chandrababu, Healthcare programme manager, Qatar





https://bit.ly/ICOPEv2-register Please register to attend via the following link:

Further information about ICOPE and healthy ageing is available here Ageing and Health unit (who.int)

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