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This paper, aimed at EU and African governments, discusses the importance of including older people in development policies and practice. It highlights the pivotal position of older people in Africa today.
This paper discusses the contribution older people make to African society, from caring for orphaned grandchildren to providing household income. It shows how they are discriminated against by family services.
This document discusses the New Rural Social Pension Insurance Programme of Baoji City, the first of its kind in China. It describes how the programme is administered and discusses its impact on rural older people.
This factsheet provides a summary of HelpAge International’s HIV/AIDS work in Thailand. It discusses the role of older people and how they are affected by HIV and AIDS.
This report presents the views of fifteen older people who have lived through a number of historic events and demographic changes in Asia. They give their views on income security, health services and other issues.
This report discusses the impact of the social pension and the role of the older people’s groups in monitoring the implementation of the scheme. The study was carried out by HelpAge India in two communities.
This briefing clarifies how older people were included in the emergency response and discusses lessons learnt from relief and rehabilitation work.
This paper argues that cmprehensive age-friendly social policy responses to the financial crisis and the demographic transition are necessary and affordable.
This paper looks at older people’s experience of climate change, their awareness of it and how it makes them vulnerable. It highlights older people’s exclusion from climate change debates.
This document is a collaboration between HelpAge International the Overseas Development Institute, looking at the needs of households affected by HIV and AIDS.
This report is a result of a survey conducted in 12 villages in the Shaanxi province of China. It discusses the situation of older people including healthcare, education, migration, and the role of older people’s associations.
This document discusses how the dissolution of the socialist state planning system across East and Central Europe affected older people economically, socially, psychologically and physically.
