Publications

A&D19 looks particularly at older people and emergencies, including a survey revealing widespread neglect of older people by humanitarian aid agencies and an article on HelpAge India’s response to the tsunami.

A&D20 focuses on social protection and HIV and AIDS, including articles on aid for Africa and the case for cash transfers, empathy clubs for older women carers in Vietnam, and older carers in South Africa.

A&D21 calls for new approaches to population ageing. It also discusses Lesotho's social pension, and the difficulties faced by Cambodian older displaced people in claiming their entitlements.

A&D22 describes the process for reviewing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. It reports on the G8’s support for social protection, and the African Union’s new age-sensitive health strategy.

A&D23 comments on the five-year review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and calls for older people’s voices to be better heard, and new UN recommendations on older people and emergencies.

This issue looks at what is meant by home care and why there is a need for it, a Moldovan association recruiting home visitors for older people, and older people in Mozambique who support vulnerable people.

This issue looks at why elder abuse occurs and ways to prevent it, a programme in Tanzania that challenges beliefs on witchcraft, and an older people’s centre in Bolivia promoting older people’s rights.

This special issue covers the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and HelpAge’s “citizens’ monitoring project” to help reporting on government implementation of the Madrid plan.

This issue includes articles explaining how HIV and AIDS is having a devastating effect on older people, along with updates about related projects in northern Thailand and Juba, southern Sudan.

This issue includes articles on what income-generating activities can do, planning and financing a project, and case studies on a sheep-farming scheme in Ethiopia and a craft project in Jamaica.

This issue includes an article outlining some of the issues facing those close to death and their carers, people’s hopes and fears about death, and schemes in the Philippines that aim to help cover funeral costs.

This issue includes an article on ways to include disabled older people in development activities, disability awareness raising, and a credit scheme in Haiti that helps blind older people to economic independence.