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COVID-19: Guidelines for care homes for older people (Spanish)

Este documento proporciona orientación y asesoramiento para las residencias de personas mayores sobre coronavirus o COVID-19. Si bien las personas mayores en residencias son particularmente vulnerables al COVID-19, hay pasos que se pueden tomar para reducir su riesgo y garantizar que estén bien atendidos y respaldados. El personal de atención domiciliaria también debe ser atendido y debe tener información para protegerse a sí mismo y a los que están bajo su cuidado. El documento incluye información sobre comportamiento personal, las acciones a tomar dentro de las residencias, la interacción con el exterior, las responsabilidades de gestión, gobernanza y qué hacer si se sospecha que alguien tiene el COVID-19.

COVID-19: Briefing by Age International / HelpAge

As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe and dominates news headlines, humanitarian and development organisations are facing an unprecedented challenge to prepare and respond. We ask all those responding to the pandemic to consider explicitly its impact on older people. This Age International and HelpAge International briefing paper provides advice on how to respond to the specific needs and rights of older people, keeping the communities we work with as protected as possible from the impacts of the disease.

Covid-19 pandemic: Key messages for advocacy

This document provides HelpAge International staff, network members and partners with key messages to advocate for the effective inclusion of older people in preparedness planning and ongoing responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Protecting older people during the coronavirus pandemic (Arabic)

Covid-19 is a new disease that presents specific risks for older people. It has been characterised by the WHO as 'a controllable pandemic' which all countries need to prepare for and respond to. This presents a challenge for low- and middle-income countries with weaker health and care systems, as well as in countries hosting populations of refugees and displaced people living in camps.

COVID-19: Protecting older people during the coronavirus pandemic (Spanish)

Covid-19 is a new disease that presents specific risks for older people. It has been characterised by the WHO as 'a controllable pandemic' which all countries need to prepare for and respond to. This presents a challenge for low- and middle-income countries with weaker health and care systems, as well as in countries hosting populations of refugees and displaced people living in camps.