Designing Fit for Purpose Health and Social Services for Ageing Populations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15510522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Woo (0000-0001-7593-3081, Chinese University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 457-457 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph14050457 |
| PMID | 28441324 |
| OpenAlex | W2609810419 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
Population ageing is occurring in all countries, regardless of the level of economic development. While the rising burden of chronic diseases and disabilities as a consequence of this demographic transition is well recognized, the increasing prevalence of geriatric syndromes as a public health issue is not as well recognized. Recently the World Health Organization's World Health and Ageing Report emphasized functional ability as an important outcome for aging populations, highlighting the concept of raising intrinsic capacity throughout the life course. The complementary perspective is the prevention of frailty, which has physical, cognitive, social and psychological dimensions. Therefore, services for older people should encompass medical as well as social components. The need and evolution for a transition in health and social services in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China which has a population with the world's highest life expectancy, is presented as an example of how one developed economy attempts to meet the challenges of population ageing. There is a need to shift to integrated care in the community instead of specialty dominated hospital care, and to establish regular activities in the community to adopt and maintain a lifestyle that reduces frailty and disability (or promotes intrinsic capacity). A top down approach with financial incentives, together with public education to help drive policy changes, are key drivers of change. It is expected that there will be much heterogeneity between different countries in terms of barriers and facilitators, such that each country needs to document their needs and design appropriate services
Business · Demographic change · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Incentive · Life expectancy · Population · Population ageing · Public health · Frailty in Older Adults · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology
Management of frailty
Population ageing and income inequality in rural China
The value of caregiver inclusive practices in geriatric transitions of care
Forging a Frailty-Ready Healthcare System to Meet Population Ageing
How to Improve the Public Trust of the Intelligent Aging Community
Challenges in Using IT Systems for Collaboration in Healthcare Services
Frail Older Persons’ Experiences of Information and Participation in Hospital Care
A Nutritionally Complete Oral Nutritional Supplement Powder Improved Nutritional Outcomes in Free-Living Adults at Risk of Malnutrition
Prevalence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons
Survival, disabilities in activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning among the oldest-old in China
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale), 1990–2015
The World report on ageing and health
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries
Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke
Subjective wellbeing, health, and ageing
Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality
| Citations per year | 0.89 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |