Publications

Global AgeWatch brief 4 calls for action at all levels of the data system from collection to utilisation, and from all stakeholders, to improve the quality and range of data on older women and men.

Following the HelpAge Network Asia/Pacific Regional Conference held in September 2014, this report summarises the discussion on how societies can maximise older people's potential while minimising the challenges associated with population ageing.

This paper, written by HelpAge International, VALID International and Brixton Health looks at the field trial in an urban setting of the Rapid Assessment Method for Older People (RAM-OP) to assess their nutritional status.

This issue of Ageing in Africa looks at the Global AgeWatch Index, the Age Demands Action campaign and the impact of HIV and AIDS on older people.

This edition of AgeNews looks at how to unlock potential in later life, facilitate the contributions of older people and avoid perception of older people as a burden. It also looks at care and at the issue of ageing in farming populations.

Czech translation of Keeping pace with demographic change: Guidance on ageing for EU development policy. This briefing explains why responding to population ageing and furthering the rights of older people are urgent issues for the EU’s development cooperation, and proposes how the EU can strengthen its development policy.

Romanian translation of the summary of the Global AgeWatch Index 2014: Insight report, presenting an overview of the social and economic wellbeing of older people around the world.

This report marks the one-year anniversary of the typhoon that the Philippines on 8 November 2013. It details our joint work with our local partner COSE to support older people to recover from the disaster.

This briefing explains why responding to population ageing and furthering the rights of older people are urgent issues for the EU’s development cooperation, and proposes how the EU can strengthen its development policy.

This summary offers insights into the demographic trends driving rapid ageing in Myanmar. It is published by HelpAge in collaboration with Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement with support from UNFPA.

This report offers insights into the demographic trends driving rapid ageing in Myanmar. It is published by HelpAge in collaboration with Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement with support from UNFPA.

Our annual review 2014 poster compares how older people are faring in 96 countries across the world, using data from the Global AgeWatch Index 2014.