Publications

Ageways 85 focuses on work in Bangladesh on harnessing culture and media for the rights of older people.

This is the Spanish translation of a report detailing evidence from a consultation with older women asking them to reflect on their rights to non-discrimination and equality, and to freedom from violence, abuse and neglect.

This is the Russian translation of a report detailing evidence from a consultation with older women asking them to reflect on their rights to non-discrimination and equality, and to freedom from violence, abuse and neglect.

This report details evidence from a consultation with older women asking them to reflect on their rights to non-discrimination and equality, and to freedom from violence, abuse and neglect.

This report presents the findings of the Social Protection and Access to Health Services for Older People in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe study into the relationship between cash transfers and older people's access to health services.

This study analyses the health seeking behaviour of older people, as well as their access to and utilisation of healthcare services, including barriers to access in Myanmar.

This report documents the findings of a baseline survey conducted in Zanzibar by the ESRF on behalf of HelpAge International. As well as providing a baseline for researching the impact of the Zanzibar Universal Pension Scheme, the survey also gives a sense of the situation of older people aged 70 and over in Zanzibar.

In this issue we look at a long-term care study in the Asia-Pacific region, social protection and the push for a universal pension scheme in the Philippines, ageing and income security in Asia, and Nepal two years on from its devastating earthquake.

Our world is ageing and, in some countries and regions, rapidly. The fact that people now live longer, in better health, and generally in better conditions than ever before is a remarkable success story. But what opportunities and challenges does this bring? This report brings together new work that reconceptualises the "costs" of ageing. It aims to shift the debate from one that is narrowly defined by financing and expenditure to one that focuses on social investment and long term planning, in short, arguing for more of a positive approach.

This report examines the opportunities and challenges involved in gathering, analysing and making available to decision-makers, practitioners, and older people themselves, the high quality data needed to ensure the inclusion of older populations in global development plans and policies. It addresses both the potential and the limitations of the data that is currently available and describes the range of indicators needed to inform future policy action for the wellbeing of older people in Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan.

This briefing makes the case for multifunctional older people’s associations to provide for inclusive, sustainable community development in Asia that actively engages the growing population of people over 60 as agents of change, rather than passive beneficiaries in their own lives and communities.

This infographic presents the data behind the feasibility of a universal social pension in the Philippines.