This publication describes a model of home-based care for supporting older carers of people living with HIV/AIDS. The model was developed from a pilot project coordinated by HelpAge International, in collaboration with our partners, district and community leaders, and older carers from 57 communities in Tanzania.

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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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This publication provides practical guidelines for establishing and working with older people’s (OPAs) associations in Cambodia. It includes information on forming an OPA, encouraging participation, OPA activities and networking.

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This guidebook on supporting older people's organisations results from consultations and participatory meetings by HelpAge International Moldova, older volunteers, beneficiaries and other stakeholders over the past few years. It also draws on practical learning from the field experiences of two projects, implemented by a series of partners in twelve locations across Moldova.

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This manual aims to help communities and organisations explore ways of awareness-raising and advocacy with older people that are culturally appropriate and sustainable. It examines why it is important; how to involve disadvantaged older people and how policies affect them; and coalition-building and networks.

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These briefing notes explain why programmes designed to support orphans and vulnerable children need to pay more attention to the needs of the older people who care for them.

A hard copy can be ordered via the International HIV/AIDS Alliance website: http://www.aidsalliance.org/

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This manual includes information and case studies gathered by older people and older people’s NGOs in Moldova as part of a project to demonstrate the potential of older people as founders and providers of social services.

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In a workshop held in 2002 in Sri Lanka, older people produced their own video about themselves and their community, with technical help from the Sri Lanka Television Training Institute and Television of Thailand. This publication captures the process and learning involved in producing the video.

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These guidelines are based on HelpAge International's vast experience of working with, and for, older people in Africa. They are intended to provide guidance for people working with older people and those involved in human rights issues.

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Drawing on the experience of HelpAge International programmes and partners, this manual provides comprehensive guidelines for older people's participation in planning, carrying out and disseminating research.

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This publication highlights some of the key issues affecting the nutrition of older people in emergencies and suggests ways in which their rights and needs can be more effectively addressed.

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Based on wide-ranging new research from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas – and 20 years of global disaster experience – these guidelines aim to help relief agencies meet the special needs of older people in emergencies.

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An easy-to-use handbook for organisations to assess and improve the nutritional status of older people.

Print copies only available in Arabic and French.

This field guide is adapted from the handbook Better nutrition for older people, and is designed to provide basic information on how to take body measurements.

This leaflet gives guidance on when and how to use the MUAC tapes, which were developed by HelpAge International and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.