04.03.07. (How) are health and long-term care workforce represented in the policy document? | Indonesia

04.03.07. (How) are health and long-term care workforce represented in the policy document? | Indonesia

17 Apr 2022

The health and long-term care workforces are represented especially in the fifth action step: establishing a system to strengthen professional and sustainable human resources. This is described in their indicators, particularly:

  • ‘Indicator 1.1 All medical and nursing schools are expected to include older people’s cognitive health in their curriculum.
  • Indicator 1.2 Doctors and other healthcare workers who are trained in dementia management are present in all Puskesmas, hospitals, and senior homes.
  • Indicator 1.3 There are healthcare workers who have been trained to be trainers for dementia management’ (Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, 2015a, p.22).

The Long-term care workforce appears to be represented by the Ministry of Social Affairs in the same action step. The plan describes the need to develop a strategy to ensure health care workers understand the role of care partners in dementia care coordination. The indicators are:

  • ‘Indicator 2.1 There are regular meetings of all healthcare workers and care partners involved in dementia management
  • Indicator 2.2 There is a dementia care coordination’ (Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, 2015a, p.22)
References:

Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia. (2015a). Ministry of Health Regulation No. 67/2015 on Geriatric Services in Public Health Center (Permenkes No. 67/2015 Tentang Penyelenggaraan Pelayanan Kesehatan Lanjut Usia Di Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat). Kementrian Kesehatan Indonesia, 1–140.