
Ageing and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 1, 2025 · Key facts on ageing and health: explanation of ageing, common health conditions associated with ageing, Factors influencing Healthy Ageing, Challenges in responding to population …
Ageing - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 8, 2025 · Every person – in every country in the world – should have the opportunity to live a long and healthy life. Yet, the environments in which we live can favour health or be harmful to it. …
International day of older persons 2024: 'Ageing with Dignity: The ...
Oct 1, 2024 · The commemoration also underscores the importance of promoting healthy living conditions for elderly that respect the dignity, beliefs, needs, and privacy of older persons, and for the …
WHO calls for urgent transformation of care and support systems for ...
Oct 1, 2024 · On the UN International Day of Older Persons 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urgently calling for action to not only strengthen but transform the way countries provide care and …
Abuse of older people - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 15, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on abuse of older people with key facts and information on the scope of the problem, risk factors, prevention and WHO response.
Reducing social isolation and loneliness among older people
Jun 30, 2025 · Social isolation and loneliness are important, but often neglected, social determinants of health across all ages, including for older people. High-quality social connections are essential to our …
Mental health of older adults
Oct 8, 2025 · Fact sheet on mental health and older adults covering prevalence, risk factors, prevention and promotion, treatment and care, and WHO's work in this area.
Ageing: Global population
Feb 21, 2025 · Longer lives are one of our most remarkable collective achievements. Advances in social and economic development as well as in health have lowered mortality rates, particularly among …
Falls - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 26, 2021 · WHO fact sheet on falls providing key facts and information on scope of the problem, who is at risk, prevention, WHO response.
Ageing and health India
Mar 21, 2024 · The National Programme for Health Care of Elderly and Health and Wellness Centres under the Ayushman Bharat programme provide dedicated healthcare to elderly at primary health …