This week, in partnership with a number of our EU Affiliates, HelpAge launched a new policy brief called Keeping pace with demographic change - Guidance on ageing for EU development policy. This brief will be used by HelpAge and...
Why even bother with a World Stroke Day, when the world's attention is now entirely focused on the perils of Ebola? The current panic is unhelpful, but understandable. The Ebola epidemic will escalate over the coming weeks and months, and...
The "Thanks, Otto! 125 years of pensions and new global perspectives" conference is underway! After months of preparation, we're in Berlin over two days to examine the legacy of the world’s first pension and the future of pension systems. Thanks,
Every day, I come across some bibis in Dar es Salaam; the grandmothers who brave the heat and rain, risking their lives and health to keep the city clean by sweeping the heavily congested streets. These bibis reflect the reality...
On the first day of October, the bright early morning sun promised an oppressively hot day in Harare, Zimbabwe. Notwithstanding, a crowd of people gathered at the African Unity Square in the heart of the city and right opposite...
Even as HelpAge's regional office for East Asia and its partners were preparing for the International Day of Disaster Reduction (IDDR) and the ASEAN Day of Disaster Management (ADDM), Typhoon Vongfong was bearing down on Japan and Typhoon Hudhud...
For the past eight years Serbia has marked the International Day of Older Persons by organising ADA campaign on the 1 October and for the last two years we have worked on introducing GAWI as a tool helping us in building...
On the 1 October - the International Day of Older Persons - older people around the world took action, campaigning for their rights and on the issues that are important to them. This year 62 countries are taking part...
A few years ago, I saw a newspaper article about an older man who had left his home and never returned. The first thing that crossed my mind was that this man could have been suffering from dementia and...
Today, I am in Tarija, Bolivia, where I forget about my job as the coordinator of the project "Forget me not: improving dementias care in Andean countries" and the fact that World Alzheimer's Day is Sunday. No, I am...
2014 is an important year in the EU as a new set of leaders are appointed to oversee the work of the various institutions. The EU is the world's largest donor of aid and an important global player. HelpAge's...
As a person who has been active in the field of ageing for the past twelve years and involved in lobbying for the new UN convention, participation at the fifth meeting of the Open Working Group for Ageing was...
