The World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework for healthy ageing: How has it been adopted across the world and what can we learn?

​Key Findings

1. ​Across the 29 selected records in the review, there were 18 study teams that have adopted the ICOPE framework across the world. The study teams were primarily in Europe and China.

2. Majority of the study teams were in the stages of developing and testing the feasibility of the framework. A smaller number were in the early stages of implementation.

3. The authors proposed making five decisions before adopting the ICOPE framework. These included (i) whether the ICOPE programme should target older people in the general population or only those who come into contact with primary care, (ii) whether to apply it partially or all steps of the framework, (iii) whether to modify the proposed tools in the framework to assess intrinsic capacity, (iv) whether to use mobile health technology, (v) whether and how to conduct feasibility testing, prior to implementation of the framework.
   

SOURCE:
GERI

DOI:
GERI Research Brief 2023-03-01 [PDF, 621 KB]

AUTHOR(S):
Dr Grace Sum