2 Healthcare and well-being in South Africa is laggard A lack of prioritization of healthcare for older persons by the national Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Development (DSD), and institutions of teaching and learning perpetuates the bleak status quo of geriatric healthcare and training in South Africa. [...] SIFAR recognises the need to improve the state of geriatric and gerontology curricula to equip health and social professionals to meet the needs of older persons in the Western Cape and broader South Africa. [...] The WHO with the support of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics recommend that all health and social professionals need to be familiar with old age care irrespective of the specialty. [...] The director of the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa (IAA) at the University of Cape Town, Prof Sebastiana Kalula, highlighted the following issues in the field of geriatric medicine and gerontology. [...] The need to improve the state of geriatric health curricula and to equip health and social professionals to meet the needs of older persons in the Western Cape and broader South Africa is imperative to all citizens.
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