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  • Ageing and Development 23

    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 in the next review cycle. Reports on new UN recommendations on older people and emergencies, pension improvements in Chile and Bolivia, and plans by the African Union to further social protection.

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  • Mainstreaming age-friendliness

    This report documents the story of the unique collaboration that took place in the aftermath of the Tsunami, between the British Red Cross and HelpAge International. It details the need for collaboration, and the process in which this was achieved.

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  • Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction

    This resource book aims to strengthen the capacity of organisations working with
    older people in planning and implementing age-sensitive responses to disasters. It highlights good practice in utilising Older People's Associations for community-based disaster risk reduction.

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  • Age-friendly community health services in Aceh, Indonesia

    This publication focuses on the status of older people in Aceh, Indonesia in the context of rehabilitation programmes carried out during the two years following the tsunami disaster, and on opportunities to improve health care for them through community-based services.

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  • Rebuilding lives in longer-term emergencies: Older people's experience in Darfur

    This report draws on field research to highlight the situation of older people who have been displaced in West Darfur as a result of the conflict which began in 2003. The findings show the importance of developing longer-term responses across the generational divide which will contribute to rebuilding communities in Darfur.

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  • Tsunami rehabilitation programme, Indonesia

    HelpAge International's tsunami rehabilitation programme in Aceh, Indonesia, aims to secure the rights of older people in all aspects of the tsunami rehabilitation efforts. This leaflet summarises our work in the province and recommends ways in which humanitarian organisations can help older people.

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  • Older people in Aceh, Indonesia 18 months after the tsunami: Issues and recommendations

    This publication centres on the situation of older people in Aceh, Indonesia, and provides a selective assessment of ongoing rehabilitation programmes regarding the inclusion of older people over the first 18-month period of crisis intervention.

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  • Older people in Aceh, Indonesia 18 months after the tsunami: Executive summary

    An executive summary of Older people in Aceh, Indonesia 18 months after the tsunami: Issues and recommendations.

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  • Ageing and Development 19

    Looks particularly at older people and emergencies. Main features include a survey revealing widespread neglect of older people by humanitarian aid agencies, an article on HelpAge India’s response to the tsunami, a briefing on the proposed review of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing by older people, information about older people's survival strategies in Bolivia, and a discussion of why widows face eviction in Tanzania.

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  • Ageways 66: Ageing and emergencies

    Looks at why older people's specific needs and capacities are overlooked in emergencies, and suggests practical ways to ensure their inclusion. It includes articles on improving older people's access to relief and how communities can protect themselves from natural disasters.

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