Jamaica has taken what is being described as a step towards transforming healthcare for its ageing population with the official opening of the first state-operated Golden Care geriatric clinic, a specialised service signalling the beginning of a new model of healthcare for older Jamaicans. Located at the Claremont Centre of Excellence in St Ann, the clinic is being hailed as the first tangible outcome of the government’s commitment to building a health system better equipped to meet the needs of the country’s rapidly growing elderly population. Read more