September 1st, 2:00-3:30 PM, Washington, DC time
Webinar Video
This webinar aimed to tackle the subject of ageism in the health systems, inspired by the commentary paper of Dr. Sharon Inouye “Creating an anti-ageist healthcare system to improve care for our current and future selves”, with the objective to reflect on how to promote anti-ageist health systems based on the experiences during COVID-19 and in the current scenarios of the UN “Decade of Healthy Aging” and the WHO “Global Campaign to Combat Ageism”.
The Decade of Healthy Aging (2021-2030) approved in 2020 by WHO and the United Nations is a unique opportunity to strengthen work in the area of aging and highlights the efforts towards the way of thinking, feeling and acting with regard to age and aging.
Agenda*
2: 00 - 2: 05 PM: Welcoming remarks
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PAHO Representative
2: 05 - 2: 25 PM: Creating an anti-ageist system to improve care for our current and future selves
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Dr. Sharon K. Inouye (Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA)
2: 25 - 2: 35 PM: Measuring health system responsiveness to older adults needs as a strategy to prevent agesim
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Dr. Emmanuel Gonzales (The Toulouse Gérontopôle Research Center, France)
2: 35 - 3: 15 PM: From ageist to age-friendly systems: The opportunity of health systems to adapt the integrated health services networks to the needs of older populations
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Moderator: Dr. Mario Cruz-Penate (PAHO-Chile)
Panel of country case examples:
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Marcus Escobedo, (Senior Program Officer John A. Hartford Foundation, Age-Friendly Systems and Hospitals, USA)
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Dr. Carlos Engel, (Geriatrician/Primary Care, Argentina)
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Dr. Patrick Wachholz (Geriatrician, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil)
3: 15 - 3: 25 PM: Perspective of policy creation: Chile’s presentation of their New National Program on Older Persons’ Health
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Dra. Sylvia Santander / Dr. Rene Guzman
11:55 - 12:00 PM: Closing remarks
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Dr. Enrique Vega (PAHO)
*The event had multaneous translation to Spanish, Portuguese and English
For more information on the Decade of Healthy Aging, please visit: https://www.paho.org/en/decade-healthy-aging-2020-2030