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NEWS
26 Mar 2024
GOLTC webinar: Understanding and reducing dementia stigma. 11 April 2024
We are delighted to announce the next webinar from the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC), which will be convened by the Strengthening Responses to Dementia interest group. Understanding and reducing dementia stigma GOLTC Strengthening Responses to Dementia Interest Group webinar: Date: 11th April 2024 Time: 13.00-14.30 BST (you can check your local time here.) […]
26 Feb 2024
New GOLTC Long-Term Care System profile: Brazil
Explore Brazil’s Long-Term Care (LTC) system profile through the insightful work of authors Patrick Alexander Wachholz, Ruth Caldeira de Melo, Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas, Marisa Accioly R.C. Domingues, and Karla C. Giacomin. The authors emphasize the need for improved governance and organizational structures to enhance LTC coordination and efficiency in Brazil. This system profile […]
21 Feb 2024
NEW REPORT Programa Maior Cuidado: An Integrated Community-Based Intervention on Care for Older People
This report describes an innovative integrated community-based care intervention for people living in deprived neighbourhoods in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Programa Maior Cuidado has been running since 2011, providing people with up to 20 hours of support per week from professional family care workers. It has been jointly run by the municipal […]