Publications

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Ageing and place: Exploring how cities shape older people lives

Our lives are shaped by where we live. In cities, social and political power dynamics often combine to create geographies of exclusion. Rapid urban population ageing demands an understanding of the ways in which older age intersects with other factors to marginalise older people in the cities where they live. In 2019, HelpAge International conducted research with 1,310 older residents of Nairobi, Delhi and Mexico City to explore their experiences of different aspects of urban life, such as transportation and crime, and the social outcomes of these, such as loneliness and isolation. Their responses provided rich testimony of the ways in which the place we grow old in impacts on our experience of life. They illustrate, in particular, importance of place, mobility and inequality.

Rapid needs assessment of older people: Yemen

This report summarises our findings from our rapid needs assessment of the impact of the Yemeni conflict on older people in Sana's, Lahj and Taiz governorates in Yemen. The report aims to support organisations operating in the affected areas to develop inclusive programmes and support our advocacy for the rights of older people to be upheld in the response.

Older people in Venezuela Factsheet

This factsheet shows the affects of the Venezuela crisis on older people and provides recommendations for humanitarian support.

Rapid needs assessment of older people: Venezuela (Spanish)

This report summarises our rapid needs assessment of the impact of the Venezuela crisis on older people. The report aims to support organisations operating in the affected areas to develop inclusive programmes and support our advocacy for the rights of older people to be upheld in the response.

Rapid needs assessment of older people: Venezuela

This report summarises our rapid needs assessment of the impact of the Venezuela crisis on older people. The report aims to support organisations operating in the affected areas to develop inclusive programmes and support our advocacy for the rights of older people to be upheld in the response.

Keeping our dignity (Arabic)

This report explores what older people say about their rights to access to justice, and to work and access to the labour market around the world.

Keeping our dignity (Spanish)

This report explores what older people say about their rights to access to justice, and to work and access to the labour market around the world.

Rapid needs assessment of older people: Cyclone Idai, Zimbabwe.

This report summarises our rapid needs assessment of the impact of Cyclone Idai on older people in Zimbabwe. The report aims to support organisations operating in the affected areas to develop inclusive programmes and support our advocacy for the rights of older people to be upheld in the response.