Better Care for Older People

Substance misuse and older people: better information, better care.

Better Mental Health Care for Older People in India

Demographic aging will soon lead to a sudden increase in the number of older people with dementia and depression in India. We need to develop services to meet the mental health needs of the aged in the population. Geriatric Psychiatry section of IPS has initiated a process of consultations to address this emerging public health issue. Health professionals involved in the care of older people wi...

Eye care for older people

the global trend Worldwide, people are now living longer and birth rates are declining; older people are therefore making up an ever greater proportion of the world’s population. This means that the number of older people is increasing very rapidly compared to the overall growth of the global population. By 2025, there will be twice as many older people worldwide as there were in 2000 (an incre...

Health care for older people.

Better care for older people with chronic diseases: an emerging vision.

WITH THE INCREASE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY AND AGing of the baby boom generation, the United States is rapidly becoming a country in which health care needs are driven by older persons with chronic diseases. Unfortunately, the current health care system is unable to provide high-quality care for this population,particularly for thosewhohavegeriatricconditionssuch as dementia, falls, and urinary incon...