Publications by authors named "A Kalache"
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- "Walking the Talk for Dementia" is an immersive initiative designed to empower individuals affected by dementia and improve overall understanding of the condition through a collective experience.
- The program included a 4-day, 40 km walk with 300 participants from diverse backgrounds, followed by a symposium aimed at fostering collaborative discussions and breaking down traditional power structures in dementia care.
- This innovative approach highlights the importance of combining physical activities with knowledge sharing to enhance empathy, reduce stigma, and improve dementia care and research on a larger scale.
Globally, there has been a marked increase in longevity, but it is also apparent that significant inequalities remain, especially the inequality related to insufficient 'health' to enjoy or at least survive those later years. The major causes include lack of access to proper nutrition and healthcare services, and often the basic information to make the personal decisions related to diet and healthcare options and opportunities. Proper nutrition can be the best predictor of a long healthy life expectancy and, conversely, when inadequate and/or improper a prognosticator of a sharply curtailed expectancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe designation of "age friendly" has clearly engaged the attention of scholars and leading experts in the field of aging. A search of PubMed references citing the term produced 15 results in the 5-year period from 2006 to 2011; that number increased to 572 in the period from 2015 to 2019. The work, notably led by the World Health Organization with the initiation of age-friendly cities and age-friendly communities, has now sparked a movement for the creation of age-friendly health systems and age-friendly public health systems.
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