The Global Platform first came together in early 2020 as an ad hoc and spontaneous “we need to do something” response to the terrifying first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Global Platform’s final blog… hopefully.
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Programa Maior Cuidado: an analysis of hospitalisation effects.
Programa Maior Cuidado (PMC) is a public sector intervention in Belo Horizonte, Brazil that provides lay carers to vulnerable older people for up to 20 hours per week.
Now it’s China’s turn. COVID-19, lockdown and older people in Shanghai.
On 3 April 2022 a strict lockdown was introduced in the Chinese city of Shanghai, in response to rapid increases in reported COVID-19 cases.
“OS CUIDADORES TAMBÉM PRECISAM DE CUIDADO” – O CUIDADOR SOCIAL DE UM PROGRAMA COMUNITÁRIO COM PESSOAS IDOSAS (PMC) EM TEMPOS DE COVID-19 NO BRASIL
Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Poliana Carvalho, Quesia Nayrane Ferreira, Karla GiacominO Brasil conta com um programa pioneiro e internacionalmente reconhecido de cuidado domiciliar...
Omicron, boosters and vaccine ageism.
In the wake of the rapid global spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, it is understandable that people of all ages are anxious to protect themselves as much as possible.
OMICRON y las personas mayores en los países de ingresos bajos y medios: actualización 20 de diciembre de 2021
Este artículo se basa en el último informe técnico global de la OMS sobre Omicron, con fecha el 17 de diciembre de 2021.
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