ICOPE handbook 2nd final
Importantly OA is clearly mentioned in the document and WHO seems to pay increased attention to OA!
Key points
– The key to supporting healthy ageing for all is optimizing
people’s intrinsic capacity and functional ability throughout the
life course.
– Care-dependency can be reduced, delayed or prevented
if the declines in intrinsic capacity are promptly identified,
assessed, diagnosed and managed including through creating
an enabling physical and social environment.
– The declines across the domains of intrinsic capacity are
interrelated and so require an integrated and person-centred
approach to assessment and management.
– Older people are key actors in their own health and should
be empowered to understand their health, make their
own decisions and set their own goals. Their meaningful
engagement, and that of their carers, is crucial.
– Health workers in primary care, including in the community,
can identify older people with loss(es) in intrinsic capacity and
provide evidence-based interventions by using this guidance
and adapting it to their context.
– Community stakeholders have an important role to play in
supporting the delivery of integrated care for older people,
and empowering them to engage with self-care and selfmanagement