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This publication is intended to provide disaster mental health and human service workers, service providers, program planners, administrators, as well as care givers, and older persons themselves...
These guidelines have been prepared to help integrate and mainstream the concerns and issues related to older persons into disaster risk management programmes and processes. They outline...
Older adults are disproportionately affected by natural disasters. The literature on the health needs of older adults after natural disasters is limited. The aim of this study was to examine 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...
These Guidelines for best practice are based on wide-ranging new research from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas and many years’ global disaster experience. They aim to help relief agencies...
The impact of natural disasters on the older population is unlikely to diminish in the years to come due to the increasing number of older persons in Malaysia. Recent trends with respect to...
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...
HelpAge International (HelpAge) worked closely with the Coalition of the Services of the Elderly (COSE) to assess the level of damage and identify the immediate emergency support needs of the...
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...
This collection is composed of resources dealing with the protection of elderly people during times of crises, disasters, emergencies, and post-disasters. These resources come from partners within...