Ageing and Health

October, 2023

The WONCA Working Party on Ethics and Professionalism and the WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health, hosted a webinar exploring the vital topic of culturally sensitive care for older adults

September, 2023

Join the WONCA World Organization of Family Doctors Webinar, brought to you by the WONCA Working Party on Ethics and Professionalism and the WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health.

October, 2022

This is a space dedicated to caregivers and elderly patients, created with anonymous collaborations from the WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health. This section includes inspiring anecdotes for the simple purpose of adding value and quality to older patient’s lives.

September, 2022

According to The World Health Organization at least 50% of patients do not adhere to treatment recommendations, which may lead to treatment ineffectiveness, medication side effects, lower quality of life and increased hospitalizations

April, 2022

The Special Interest Group in Ageing and Health has contributed to the development of the World Health Organisation Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach over the last few years.

March, 2022

For International Women’s Day, SIG Ageing and Health has put together some brief vignettes about extraordinary older women.

February, 2022

This is a space dedicated to caregivers and elderly patients, created with anonymous collaborations from the WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health. This section includes inspiring anecdotes for the simple purpose of adding value and quality to older patient’s lives.

October, 2019

​Prof Dimity Pond, convenor, WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health reports:

November, 2018

“Family Doctors are core to the delivery of quality care for older people”: Populations worldwide are ageing, and family doctors must be available and able to play a major role in care in their communities for people as they age. The family doctor should be the primary medical care provider for older people covering the full spectrum of older people’s care from health to end stage frailty, including for those in long term care facilities.

August, 2018

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health has been reconvened in this 12 months. New convenor, Prof Dimity Pond (Australia) reports: The group has been busy producing a consensus statement about the importance of strengthening family medicine in the face of the increasing numbers of elderly people throughout the countries of the world.