Publications

This briefing describes how demographic and societal transformations in east and south-east Asia are increasing demand for care of older people while constraining the supply of caregivers, and suggests ways to respond.

This edition of AgeNews looks at our work on the rights of older people in the Asia and Pacific region and the situation of older displaced people in camps in Kachin State, Myanmar.

The Age and Disability Monitor provides a bi-monthly overview of the most pressing issues and needs faced by people with specific needs; including people with disabilities, people with injuries and older people among the refugees from and internally displaced people within Syria.

Global AgeWatch brief 6 calls for older people to be included in disaster risk reduction processes and recommends ways to do this.

Global AgeWatch brief 5 calls for the post-2015 framework to include age-specific targets to ensure that youth and older people are not missed in development.

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.