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Research Article: Planning for Hospital Discharge for Older Adults in Uganda: A Qualitative Study Among Healthcare Providers Using the COM-B Framework

Date Published: 2023-11-02

Abstract:
Improved healthcare systems and increased survival increased the aging population and health implications associated with aging have become a global population concern of the st century. Older adults defined by the United Nations as persons older than  years contribute to contribute % of the global population and are expected to increase to % by . In , the global life expectancy was estimated at years: . years for females and . years for males (WHO, ). The global population of older adults in was estimated at million and was projected to reach about . billion by health, and two-thirds are in developing countries. The global population of older people in sub-Saharan Africa is % ( million) which is expected to increase even higher by . In Uganda, older people contribute .% of the entire population and life expectancy has increased from to years over the past ten years.

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