The concept of IC was introduced by the WHO in 201521 and is defined as “the composite of all the physical and mental capacities that an individual can draw on,” while FA consists of the IC of the individual, the environment of the individual and the interactions between them. [...] LITERATURE AND POLICY REVIEW 4.1 Models and Policies on Health and Ageing 4.1.1 The Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing and the Political Declaration adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing In 2002, The Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing and the Political Declaration adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in April 2002 put ageing issues on the international agenda.61 Signatories of the pol. [...] It promotes universal and equal access to healthcare services, including: physical and mental health services, the development and strengthening of PHC systems to meet the needs of older persons, and the provision of coordinated and integrated services that only promote continuity of care. [...] The plan recognises the multidimensional, chronic and complex health needs of older persons and the poor suitability of existing health systems, which are often fragmented and ageist, lacking in geriatric expertise and which create barriers to older persons’ engagement with and access to health care. [...] CGA also allows for the development of an individualised care plan to be shared with the care team, patients and caregivers for the provision of harmonised clinical management and appropriate early and multi-disciplinary interventions that have the potential to reverse or slow losses in IC and prevent associated declines in FA, improve health and wellbeing and potentially reduce the individual and.
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