Publications

A&D18 includes a briefing on African views of social protection, a profile of a local NGO’s work to raise rights in Jamaica and an article on mainstreaming ageing in Uganda.

A&D19 looks particularly at older people and emergencies, including a survey revealing widespread neglect of older people by humanitarian aid agencies and an article on HelpAge India’s response to the tsunami.

This issue looks at what is meant by home care and why there is a need for it, a Moldovan association recruiting home visitors for older people, and older people in Mozambique who support vulnerable people.

This issue looks at why elder abuse occurs and ways to prevent it, a programme in Tanzania that challenges beliefs on witchcraft, and an older people’s centre in Bolivia promoting older people’s rights.

This special issue covers the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and HelpAge’s “citizens’ monitoring project” to help reporting on government implementation of the Madrid plan.

This issue includes articles explaining how HIV and AIDS is having a devastating effect on older people, along with updates about related projects in northern Thailand and Juba, southern Sudan.

This issue includes articles on what income-generating activities can do, planning and financing a project, and case studies on a sheep-farming scheme in Ethiopia and a craft project in Jamaica.

This issue includes an article outlining some of the issues facing those close to death and their carers, people’s hopes and fears about death, and schemes in the Philippines that aim to help cover funeral costs.

This issue includes an article on ways to include disabled older people in development activities, disability awareness raising, and a credit scheme in Haiti that helps blind older people to economic independence.

Ageways 66 looks at why older people's needs and capacities are overlooked in emergencies, with practical methods to ensure their inclusion. Also, how communities can protect themselves from natural disasters.

This issue includes information on the neglect of ageing issues in development, a short discussion on gender and ageing, and an outline of a five-year research programme on nutritional vulnerability.

This issue includes information about research in Ghana on the contribution of older people to development and a discussion of the marginalisation of older people at the Global Meeting of Generations.