Older people continue to have aspirations to well-being and respect regardless of declines in physical and mental capacity.
Good-quality long-term care is essential to provide older persons with the care and support to maintain their functional ability consistent with their basic rights, fundamental freedoms and human dignity.
This page contains information on indicators that enable countries to strengthen their long-term care systems, to promote services that address older persons’ health and care needs, as well as to support caregivers.
Source: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/mca/ageing—long-term-care-for-older-people
