A/HRC/30/43 112. States should ensure older persons’ mobility, including affordable and accessible public transport, both in urban, rural and remote areas. This could encompass free or discounted transport, low-floor buses and trains, and facilities to help older persons purchase tickets online or in person. Education, training and lifelong learning 113. The promotion of lifelong learning is essential for older persons to be able to deal with constantly changing circumstances, requirements and challenges, for their active participation in society and for an autonomous life continuing into old age. The specific needs of older persons should be taken into account in the planning and design of educational offers. 114. Distance learning and digital training should be offered to older persons in order to bridge the gap among generations and avoid dependency on others as a result of to the lack of knowledge of information and communications technology. Care 115. States should improve coordination among sectors throughout the continuum of care, from prevention, promotion, rehabilitation, through to long-term and palliative care, including social care and other community services, and prevent unnecessary institutionalization. Universal coverage and uniform national legislation should be introduced in order to avoid fragmentation of social and health services. 116. Older persons should be included in the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, be these social or health-related services and facilities. Gender, disability and cultural-sensitivity programmes should be integrated in every care setting in order to take into account the diversity of older persons and meet their requirements and needs. 117. States should provide assistance to families and to other informal caregivers. This should include human rights, medical and human resources training, counselling, and financial, social and psychological support. States should strengthen mechanisms to officially recognize the work undertaken by informal caregivers, including, as appropriate, work permits that allow flexible schedules in order to combine paid work with informal care of older persons, as well as their inclusion in the social security system. Particular attention should be given to older women in their role as caregivers. 118. States should develop national home-care programmes and community-based care services, in rural and remote areas alike. Such programmes and services should be designed and implemented in consultation with the older persons themselves and their families. 119. States should provide long-term care through a comprehensive and intersectoral approach, and promote the transfer of older persons from an institutional to a community-care residence and home, if the older person so wishes. 120. States should develop training programmes to improve the self-care of older persons. Older patient education may include health education and awareness of pathologies, thereby increasing self-esteem and confidence. 121. As forced institutionalization violates the rights of older persons, States should revise their legislation and regulations, in particular with regard to mental health-care settings. A clear set of standards should be established on free informed consent in care settings, in particular in mental health-care settings. 19