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The needs and capacities of older persons are often overlooked in an emergency response because humanitarian actors do not register their presence or because of their weak socio-economic position...
This document systematically reviews the main risks (defined as potential adverse consequences of a crisis) older people are exposed to in emergency situations. It is intended for humanitarian...
Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programmes or planners. This analysis seeks to: (1) highlight factors...
In emergencies, the poorest people suffer hardest and longest, including significant numbers of older people. Older people are often at least as vulnerable as other population groups, such as...
This document can also be found on the official website of the World Health Organisation at: link www.apps.who.intThe report contributes a wealth of real-life...
The aim of this guidance is to ensure that the specific vulnerabilities and capacities of older people in emergencies are fully taken into account as part of a thorough gender and age analysis of...
This report was prepared at the request of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Working Group. It explores the humanitarian community’s current policies and practice in responding to the...
The Ethiopian government's policy on food aid targeting excludes people thought to be over 60 years from participating in Employment Generation Schemes (food for work), regardless of their...
As part of HelpAge International’s project on advancing the rights and protection of conflictaffected older South Sudanese migrants in Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan, HelpAge commissioned the...
Anecdotally, older people are considered to be vulnerable to emergency events, from the preparation phase, through the response, and into the recovery phase. This article, from Flinders University...