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This article argues that building robust long-term care systems can help improve the lives of millions of older people.

Dr. Sabine Henning reflects on how stronger cooperation and solidarity across generations, communities, countries and institutions would improve the lives of older people worldwide.

HelpAge’s Age Inclusion Specialists are working with humanitarian organisations and partners to ensure responses recognise and address the rights and needs of older people.

In this article, Stuart Gietel Basten argues that the real potential of the silver economy lies in helping people remain healthy, active and engaged throughout later life, while recognising the vital contributions older people make to families, communities and economies. 

In this article, Dr Odgerel Chinbat, reflects on the lack of coordination between health and social protection systems in Mongolia.

This blog examines how ageism can silence older people and why challenging these attitudes is a matter of rights, dignity and inclusion.

In this article, Philip O’Keefe explores the different layers of the Silver Economy and what governments, businesses and communities must do to ensure its benefits are widely shared. 

The deaths of 34 care home residents in the Kyiv region starkly illustrate the particular risks faced by older people and people with disabilities during the war.

Exploring how communities across the region can enable people of all ages to participate, contribute and live with dignity throughout their lives.

Communities are improving wellbeing, strengthening social connections and becoming more resilient to climate change. 

HelpAge network members in Nepal are working together to understand how older people have been affected by the devastating floods, and what support they will need in the weeks and months ahead. 

A new assessment highlights the ongoing challenges facing affected communities, two months after the devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela.