Core Programme Clusters

Health Care for the Elderly

 

Capacity building for health care of the elderly

Training resources have been developed as part of the Government of India – WHO collaborative programme with Department of Geriatrics, AIIMS. These include

*      Health care of the elderly:  A manual for trainers of Physicians in Primary and Secondary Health Care Facilities.

*      Health care of the elderly:  A manual for trainers for training of nurses.

*     Health care of the elderly: A manual for trainers for training of community health workers.

*      Handbook on health care of the elderly.

*      Health in old age:  A guide to good health for senior citizens and their careers.

*      Briddavastha main swasthya

*      Ageing in India: a situation analysis and planning for 2020.

*      Developing Geriatric Medicine in India.

Around 2000 physicians and general practitioners have been trained in health care of the elderly.

 

           

 

 

 

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