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As part of the HEALTH21 health policy framework, the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe Office introduced the Family Health Nurse (FHN) to support families at times of illness and dealing with chronic conditions. Support would be provided in the family home offering early interventions and treatment options, advice, signposting, public health care and support with social issues (WHO, 2000a). ...

Today, demographic change is a global phenomenon resulting from two almost universal trends: declining fertility and increasing life expectancy. As a consequence most parts of the world will witness demographic aging. For Europe the demographic process above mentioned could cause a gradual shift from a society with quantitatively dominant younger cohorts to a society in which the elderly form a so ...