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.
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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.
Older refugees travelling from Ukraine to Germany.
Over five million Ukrainians have left their home country because of Russia’s military attack… More than half of all Ukrainian refugees went to Poland, while Germany has welcomed over 300,000.
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.
Emergency webinar: Older people in Ukraine. – Alexandre Sidorenko
This webinar took place on 17 March 2022. A recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3GOPnwIUE This week we will publish a series of blogs with selected, edited content from...
Emergency webinar: Older people in Ukraine. – Galina Poliakova, Age Concern Ukraine.
This webinar took place on 17 March 2022. A recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3GOPnwIUE This week we will publish a series of blogs with selected, edited content from...
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