Part 2 - WHO



World report on Ageing and Health

Contributor Template: good practice examples

|Introduction |The attached template is for contributions to the World Report on Ageing and Health. |

|New template for each |A new template is to be used for each case study/ good practice. |

|case study/ personal | |

|story | |

|Good practice example/ |Case studies must be well documented and be pertinent to the health of older people. |

|case study / |  |

| |Examples of case studies may include |

|OR |How policy or legislation had a positive impact on access to health care and social care for older people. |

| |How effective linkages/or integration were established between social care and health care services. |

|personal stories / first |How health care providers were effectively trained to provide integrated care to older people. |

|persons narratives |How policies were successful in reducing inequities among older people. |

| |How a community or city was made to become more responsive to older people’s needs |

| |How access to assistive technology was improved, looking at one or more of the following: affordability, |

| |availability and usefulness, local production and technology transfer. |

| |How strategies that involved partnerships with older people were effective to set up services or monitor or |

| |evaluate progress. |

| |How service innovation reduced isolation and improved participation. |

| |How a professional changed his/her practice to empower older people. |

| |How older people came together to campaign and/ or offer each other support. |

| |How negative attitudes towards ageing were successfully changed. |

| |How data was collected and use to change how policies or programmes are made and implemented |

| |Others |

|Good practice studies |For each good practice project/ program/ policy please provide evidence to support it, in the form of citations |

| |for project reports, evaluations, with brief annotations of key results for each citation |

|More than one case |For more than one case example copy the appropriate box in the form and repeat as many times as you need to. |

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|Length of each section |Each contribution should be no more than 1,000 words and should include up to three key messages. |

Examples of case studies can be found in the World report on disability at:  

See “Clubfoot treatment in Uganda” (box 4.2, page 99) or “Money well spent: The effectiveness and value of housing adaptations” (box 4.3, page 100), or “Integrated public transport in Brazil” (box 6.5, page 182).

World report on Ageing and Health

Good practice example

|Contributor’s name | |

|Relevant dimension of Healthy | Older people’s participation and decision-making |

|Ageing |Older people’s self-esteem and empowerment |

|(please highlight) |Health promotion and prevention |

| |Person centred and coordinated health care |

| |Long-term health and social care |

| |Palliative care |

| |Response to older persons in emergency situations |

| |Provision of assistive technologies & medical devices |

| |Attitudinal changes towards ageing or older people |

| |Improve older people’s social participation |

| |Making outdoor spaces, buildings and transportation more age-friendly |

| |Improving housing for older people |

| |Accessible communication and information |

| |Respect and social inclusion of older people |

| |Employment and civic participation |

| |Other |

|Title of your contribution | |

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|Case Study |Aims of the project / program/ policy |

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| |Location: Country/ region/town : |

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| |How was the project/program/policy implemented ( explain briefly the process and who was involved): |

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| |What where the project/ programs/policy main achievements (quantitative and qualitative): |

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| |What didn't work and why: |

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|What are the key messages| |

|from this study/ story | |

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|Citations (full |What sources of information do you have to substantiate the above - please list |

|references, plus one line| |

|annotation per reference)| |

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|Terms/ acronyms |The following is a list of all the terms, acronyms and abbreviations used in this section. |

|Terms, Acronyms & |Description |

|Abbreviations | |

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Examples of some of the dimensions of the healthy ageing of older people

- Older people’s participation and decision-making

- Older people’s self-esteem and empowerment

- Health promotion and prevention

- Person centred and coordinated health care

- Long-term health and social care

- Palliative care

- Response to older persons in emergency situations

- Provision of assistive technologies & medical devices

- Attitudinal changes towards ageing or older people

- Improve older people’s social participation

- Making outdoor spaces, buildings and transportation more age-friendly

- Improving housing for older people

- Accessible communication and information

- Respect and social inclusion of older people

- Employment and civic participation

- Other

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Disclaimer: We welcome all submission but cannot guarantee to use all information provided to us. Any persons whose story we wish to use will be contacted to confirm details and provide written consent before publication.

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