Thiago Herick de Sa, Technical Officer and Age-friendly Environments at World Health Organization, shared Yuka Sumi’s, Medical Officer at World Health Organization, post on LinkedIn, adding:
“Integrated care and age-friendly environments work hand in hand! This workshop is an opportunity not to miss.
Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) provides the framework to deliver person-centred, coordinated care. At the same time, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities create the conditions that make this care effective in people’s daily lives-through supportive physical and social environments, community action, and local systems. Whether you are a clinician delivering on ICOPE or an policymaker making your city more age-friendly, this workshop is for you. Bringing these two together is essential to maximise impact.
If you are joining the 3rd World Congress of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in San Sebastián, I encourage you to join this pre-congress workshop. As my colleague Yuka Sumi mentioned, it’s a great opportunity to explore how integrated care can be translated into concrete action at local level.”
Quoting Yuka Sumi’s post:
“Age‑Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) provide a critical platform for making Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) real-where people live, age, and connect. While ICOPE strengthens person‑centred, integrated health services, AFCC ensures these efforts are embedded in supportive communities. Importantly, AFCC domains include health services and community support, enabling continuity of care across settings and sectors, and supporting older people’s functional ability.
Are you joining the 3rd World Congress of Age‑Friendly Cities and Communities in San Sebastián, Spain, in June?
Join us at the Pre‑Congress Workshop “Translating the continuum of integrated care into AFCC action”
- Monday 15th June 14:00-15:30 CEST
- San Sebastián, Spain (in-person)
- This workshop is open only to registered participants of the 3rd World Congress of AFCC. In addition to Congress registration, specific registration for this workshop is required and the space is limited.
This session will explore how cities and communities can operationalize integrated care across the AFCC framework-bridging health services and community action to deliver impact at local level.”
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