Publications

This briefing paper looks at the issue of women's equality across all ages.

Our annual study of humanitarian financing of older people illustrates the failure of the current system to allocate adequate resourcing to address older people's needs. It offers a sobering analysis of the extent to which older people are being left behind in emergencies.

This report documents the situation of older refugees fleeing from conflict in Syria, Ukraine and South Sudan. The findings contribute to a growing body of evidence illustrating the failure of the humanitarian system to protect older people's rights or meet their needs. The stories highlight the limited progress the humanitarian system has made to address the neglect of older people and other vulnerable groups.

Asegurando la inclusión de las personas mayores en emergencias

El cambio climático en un mundo que envejece

Personas mayores en Emergencias: Identificando riesgos

This project summary explores how the Forget Me Not project in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru has helped improve dementia care.

The pilot version of the Minimum standards for age and disability inclusion in humanitarian action informs the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes across all sectors and phases of response, and in all emergency contexts, ensuring older people and people with disabilities are included. Targeting practitioners involved in humanitarian response at local, national, and international level, this document includes a set of key standards as well as sector-specific standards and suggested actions.

The pilot version of the Minimum standards for age and disability inclusion in humanitarian action informs the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes across all sectors and phases of response, and in all emergency contexts, ensuring older people and people with disabilities are included. Targeting practitioners involved in humanitarian response at local, national, and international level, this document includes a set of key standards as well as sector-specific standards and suggested actions.

The pilot version of the Minimum standards for age and disability inclusion in humanitarian action informs the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes across all sectors and phases of response, and in all emergency contexts, ensuring older people and people with disabilities are included. Targeting practitioners involved in humanitarian response at local, national, and international level, this document includes a set of key standards as well as sector-specific standards and suggested actions.

This report analyses research commissioned by HelpAge International and the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs into the situation of older people in the occupied Palestinian territories and makes recommendations for programmes and policy.

This report analyses research commissioned by HelpAge International and the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs into the situation of older people in the occupied Palestinian territories and makes recommendations for programmes and policy.