Launch of the WHO Global Network on Long-Term Care - Report of the first meeting 2020

Overview

This first meeting of the GNLTC oriented members on the proposed objectives of the Network and workstreams through which to attain them over the course of the Decade of Healthy Ageing: i) health policy and systems for long-term care; ii) service provision; iii) assessment of the need for long-term care; and iv) financing mechanisms for long-term care services. Among the discussion points of work were from and responding further to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on older people, sustainable financing models for long-term care, and addressing both the formal and informal long-term care workforce with respect to capacity building.