Publications

This booklet describes the progress of the Age Demands Action campaign, profiling some of its leaders, and explains why a UN convention on the rights of older people is necessary.

Romanian translation of Guidebook to the community-based healthcare model for civil society networks. This guidebook for for civil society organisations working with older people describes a model of community-based healthcare developed in Moldova in which groups of older volunteers support family doctors to monitor older people’s health status and raise awareness of diabetes and hypertension.

This guidebook for for civil society organisations working with older people describes a model of community-based healthcare developed in Moldova in which groups of older volunteers support family doctors to monitor older people’s health status and raise awareness of diabetes and hypertension.

This policy document has been developed to accompany the National Consultative Meeting on HIV and AIDS and Older People in Ethiopia with funding from the Big Lottery Fund.

This practical, step by step guide helps to plan, determine beneficiaries and manage cash grants in emergencies. The methodologies presented in this guide are based on the experiences of several organisations, as well as the Humanitarian Charter and Sphere Minimum Standards in Disaster Response.

French translation of Food security and livelihoods interventions for older people in emergencies. This manual provides guidance for the implementation of four key action points to ensure the delivery of food security and livelihoods’ interventions which meet the needs of older people and other vulnerable groups in emergencies.

These guidelines advise humanitarian workers on how to address the nutritional needs of older people in emergencies, recommending five key action points.

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.

These guidelines advise humanitarian workers on how to address the protection needs of older people in emergencies, recommending five key action points.

This briefing is extracted from the study, Closing the gaps. Gender Equality: Policies and Practices, by the Afghan Food Security and Agriculture Cluster and global Food Security Cluster in December 2012-January 2013. It focuses on the ageing aspects of the study, drawing out examples of exclusion and good practice adopted to address the needs of older men and women.

This paper provides background to the event, “How should inequality feature in a post-2015 development agenda?”, by the Overseas Development Institute, 18 April 2013. It highlights why tackling inequalities and poverty – through a focus on ageing, disability and non-discrimination – is urgently needed for development progress to be equitable and sustainable.

This project report features case studies from a HelpAge programme in Pakistan to provide microcredit to improve the livelihoods of older people.