Articles

Home Healthcare in the UAE: Building Long-Term Support Around Where Older People Live
Home healthcare is becoming an increasingly important part of the UAE’s response to aging, chronic disease and longer-term dependency. This article examines how home-based nursing, rehabilitation, clinical oversight, family support, funding, regulation, workforce and technology need to connect if care at home is to become a reliable alternative to avoidable hospital or institutional dependence. Read more...
Healthy Aging in the UAE: Turning Prevention and Longevity Into National Strategy
The UAE is moving healthy aging further upstream, connecting longer lives with prevention, functional ability, mental wellbeing, dementia risk reduction and age-friendly environments. This article examines how the National Framework for Healthy Ageing 2025–2031 can translate national ambition into primary care, community practice, workforce capability, data, digital access and measurable improvements in independence and quality of life. Read more...
Financing Long-Term Care in the UAE: Government Support, Health Insurance, Families and Private Payment
Financing long-term care in the UAE involves several overlapping mechanisms rather than one national long-term care insurance program. Government support for eligible citizens, mandatory health insurance, emirate-level payment rules, family caregiving and private purchasing all contribute. This article examines how those funding boundaries shape access, provider behavior, household risk and the UAE’s choices as demand for sustained care grows. Read more...
Who Is Responsible for Older People’s Care in the UAE? Federal Policy, Emirate Government and Local Delivery
Responsibility for older people’s care in the UAE is distributed across federal policy, emirate-level health authorities, public healthcare organizations, insurers, regulated providers, community services and families. This article maps that governance architecture, explains where decision-making and accountability sit, and examines what stronger coordination requires when an older person’s needs cross health, long-term care, rehabilitation and social-support boundaries. Read more...
How Long-Term Care Works in the UAE: Families, Government, Healthcare and a Growing Care Market
Long-term care in the UAE does not operate through one national program. Support is distributed across families, federal policy, emirate-level health systems, insurance, home healthcare, regulated long-term care providers and private purchasing. This article explains how those components fit together, where important boundaries remain, and what stronger coordination will require as demand for sustained support increases. Read more...
Aging in the United Arab Emirates: Preparing for Longer Lives in a Rapidly Changing Society
The UAE is entering a new phase in which longer lives, chronic disease, changing family capacity and a more mature health system are making aging a strategic service-design issue. This article examines how federal policy, emirate-level delivery, home healthcare, workforce planning, financing, regulation and technology will need to connect if longer life is to translate into sustained independence, dignity and quality of life. Read more...