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Promoting Healthy and Active Ageing through the Older People’s Associations

The OPA model 3 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 OPAs are trained to increase its capacity to manage its activities and to generate its own income : OPAs income Small IGA Local Fund Income Credit /saving Membership activity raising (interest) fee sources Capacity Healthy Livelihood Social and building living, & (self cultural healthcare managed) Usage of income Homecare Self-help Rights and Awareness and self- Fund Entitlement & Advocacy help

4 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Older People’s Associations - promoting healthy ageing What the OPAs do? 1. Self care knowledge i. Exercise ii. iii. Access to health care iv. Homecare Social well being v. Replication of OPA model 2. Lessons learned 3.

5 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 i. Promoting self care knowledge Awareness: appropriate nutrition, healthy lifestyle, information on prevention of non-communicable diseases and simple self care skills (20-30 minutes per month)

i. Promoting self care 6 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Health Posters: Healthy Ageing Posters

i. Promoting self care 7 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Health Posters: NCDs posters

i. Promoting self care 8 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Health Posters:

9 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 i. Promoting self care Enabling improved nutrition Nutrition (Awareness & enabling)

10 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 ii. Exercise Physical Exercise ( 10-20 minutes daily/weekly)

ii. Exercise 11 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Training Posters

ii. Exercise 12 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Replication Tools : Training Videos

13 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 iii. Access to health services Checkups, health insurance and access Health Insurance Health checkup and access (On going) (Every 6 months)

14 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 iv. Homecare Family Care Volunteer based Homecare (At least 2 visits per week) (Monthly awareness)

v. Social well being 15 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Exchanges and sharing between OPAs Social & Culture performance (At least once every 6 months) (Monthly and during holidays)

2. Replication of the approach 16 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Club PLA Project Livelihood management Handbook management Project Summary Ageing & Gender Policy

2. Replication of the approach 17 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 Capacity building : Publication & training materials on Health Homecare Self-care Non- Quarterly communicable publication Disease

18 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 2. Expansion of the OPA model in Vietnam 167 60 245 468 628 2012 2010 2009 2007 2005

19 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 3. Lessons learned OPA’s income Small IGA Income Local Fund Credit /saving Membership activity raising (interest) fee sources Capacity Healthy Livelihood Social and building living, & (self cultural healthcare managed) Usage of income Homecare Self-help Rights and Awareness and self- Fund Entitlement & Advocacy help

20 | HelpAge International | Presentation title | Author’s name | November 17, 2008 3. Lessons Learned Ensuring the OPAs have self-generated  regular income is critical to promote local empowerment, ownership, and the sustainability of the OPAs Comprehensive support for older  people is important to ensure long lasting healthy and active ageing. Empowering older people and their  associations to care for themselves is effective in promoting inclusive and sustainable healthy ageing and development The OPA approach is very cost effective  (require only 10,000 USD / group to set up and support them to be sustainable).

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