Growing old before growing rich: a scoping review on ageing-related policy interventions from the WHO Southeast Asian Region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO Southeast Asian Region (WHO SEARO) is home to 1.94 billion people accounting for one-fourth of the global population.

Objective

The primary objective of this scoping review is to describe the various policy interventions implemented in countries of the WHO SEARO to address the consequences of ageing.

Design

The Arksey and O'Malley framework for scoping review was used to explore existing policy interventions on aged care.

Setting

WHO SEARO.

Methods

Ten articles and 33 grey literature discussing the various aged care interventions adopted by WHO SEARO countries were identified through a comprehensive search performed across five databases, PubMed (NCBI), Embase (Elsevier), Web of Science (Clarivate) and Scopus (Elsevier) and Google Scholar.

SUBMITTER: Mohan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881196 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature