Caregivers
A caregiver is a paid or unpaid member of a person's social network who helps them with activities of daily living. Since they have no specific professional training, they are often described as informal caregivers. Caregivers most commonly assist with impairments related to old age, disability, a disease, or a mental disorder. Typical duties of a caregiver might include taking care of someone who has a chronic illness or disease; managing medications or talking to doctors and nurses on someone's behalf; helping to bathe or dress someone who is frail or disabled; or taking care of household chores, meals, or …
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WHO: World Health Organization · 13 November 2024 English
[iv], 18 p.
care unnecessarily difficult for parents and caregivers. The Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations … mortality and burden on children with TB and their caregivers. A more efficient and coordinated approach that …
WHO: World Health Organization · 12 November 2024 English
xxii, 219 p.
specify which informants (e.g. family members or caregivers) are authorized to register/notify a birth (94%); …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are …
interventions should be accessible to parents or caregivers who have children aged 2–17. They should be …
WHO: World Health Organization · 7 November 2024 English
ix, 151 p.
relatives. The role of parents, relatives and caregivers in such organizations is to assist and empower … expression and sex characteristics. Families and caregivers of persons with disabilities, including formal … adolescents with disabilities; and parents or caregivers of persons with disabilities. Participants had …
WHO: World Health Organization · 7 November 2024 English
ix, 45 p.
3. IPC measures for health and care workers, caregivers and persons with mpox during home care and … Emergencies Working Group.vii Definitions Caregivers Caregivers refer to parents, spouses and other family … whenever possible, children should remain with their caregivers; this decision should be made in consultation … sufficient to mitigate the risks of transmission to caregivers and household members (see Annex 4 for proposed … IPC measures for health and care workers, caregivers and persons with mpox during home care and …
WHO: World Health Organization · 7 November 2024 English
vii, 43 p.
appropriate toilets for patients, staff and caregivers (2, 5, 13). Concrete examples include ensuring: …
Eurocarers · 31 October 2024 English
The Chamber of Caregivers of Slovakia, alongside its partners, advocates for the formal recognition of informal carers, highlighting the need to improve their health, social, and economic living conditions …
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WHO: World Health Organization · 31 October 2024 English
The Tenth high-level meeting of the Small Countries Initiative (SCI), which took place in Limassol, Cyprus, on 10–12 April 2024, brought together ministers of health and secretaries of state from …
and training of community-health workers and caregivers HPV vaccination Retinoblastoma screening Education …
Eurocarers · 31 October 2024 English
Inclusive and Social Equity Law.” This initiative, advocating for enhanced protections and equity for caregivers, has gained widespread support, with endorsements from 16 municipalities and 88 organizations, …
advocating for enhanced protections and equity for caregivers, has gained widespread support, with endorsements …
WHO: World Health Organization · 23 September 2024
The Stories of AMR photobook was developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe as part of an awareness raising campaign that uses the power of photography and storytelling to …
lawyer”, nurses, students, “a psychologist”, caregivers, epidemiologists, researchers, AMR survivors …
