Publications

This briefing clarifies how older people were included in the emergency response and discusses lessons learnt from relief and rehabilitation work.

This paper argues that cmprehensive age-friendly social policy responses to the financial crisis and the demographic transition are necessary and affordable.

This document outlines the impact of older people’s associations on local development in Asia/Pacific.

This paper looks at older people’s experience of climate change, their awareness of it and how it makes them vulnerable. It highlights older people’s exclusion from climate change debates.

This document is a collaboration between HelpAge International the Overseas Development Institute, looking at the needs of households affected by HIV and AIDS.

This paper reviews the emergency response of HelpAge International to natural disasters in Indonesia (West Sumatra earthquake), the Philippines and Vietnam (Typhoon Ketsana).

This report is a result of a survey conducted in 12 villages in the Shaanxi province of China. It discusses the situation of older people including healthcare, education, migration, and the role of older people’s associations.

This document discusses how the dissolution of the socialist state planning system across East and Central Europe affected older people economically, socially, psychologically and physically.

Serbian version of Building a better future: older people in Serbia

This document highlights, in the post 1991-95 conflict, the situation of older Serbs, as citizens, refugees and displaced people. It suggests action to improve their welfare and wellbeing in the future.

Spanish translation of Equal treatment, equal rights: ten actions to end age discrimination

This document draws on consultations with older people from the developing world and transitional economies. It sets out 10 actions to ensure that older people benefit fully from accepted human rights.