Ageing and health issues
- Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies
- HelpAge International, 2013
- In emergency situations, older people may find it hard to access food. For example, when they are displaced, older people may face difficulties in registering for the general food rations, meet challenges in accessing food distributio...
- Rapid population ageing means challenges for Myanmar
- HelpAge International, 2013
- Myanmar’s population is beginning to age rapidly. According to UN projections, by 2050 older people will comprise a quarter of Myanmar’s total population. Shortly after 2035, persons aged 60 and older will outnumber ...
- A challenge to the international community to do much more on ageing in the development sphere
- HelpAge International, 2012
- With one in nine persons in the world aged 60 years or over, projected to increase to one in five by 2050, population ageing is a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored. It analyses the current situation of older persons and reviews...
- Elders' clubs can help improve social participation and health promotion for an ageing population
- W.R. Holmes; J. Joseph / Globalization and Health, 2012
- Low and middle income countries are ageing at a much faster rate than richer countries, especially in Asia. This is happening at a time of globalisation, migration, urbanisation, and smaller families. Older people make significant con...
- Impact of health education on health-related quality of life among elderly persons: results from a community-based intervention study in rural Bangladesh
- Health Promotion International, 2009
- This study examines the change in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among (60 years) elderly persons as a result of health education intervention. A community based intervention study was performed in eight randomly selected vill...
- Unemployed Chilean women provide care to adults and improve the human capital of informal providers
- D. Bravo; E. Puentes / Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
- The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin Americ...
- Policy planning for an ageing population
- World Economic Forum, 2012
- If policy-makers and leaders fail to plan adequately for the changes ahead, they will be inundated by the effects of global ageing, such as a dearth of workers, strained pension systems, and overburdened health care systems. This book...
- Using micro-level data from multiple countries to investigate health outcomes in ageing populations
- J. Banks; J.P. Smith / RAND Corporation, 2011
- International comparisons of health outcomes are growing in importance as a method of gaining insight into the determinants and consequences of health status. This paper attempts to provide an overview of the literature that uses micr...
- How family members can help those on ART - evidence from Cambodia and Thailand
- J.E. Knodel; S. Hak; C. Khuon; S. Dane; J. McAndrew / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2010
- In both Cambodia and Thailand, efforts to augment Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatment adherence are being made within a ‘continuum of care’ framework. So far, focus has been mainly on the role of PLHA groups and peer as...
- Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies
- HelpAge International, 2013
- In emergency situations, older people may find it hard to access food. For example, when they are displaced, older people may face difficulties in registering for the general food rations, meet challenges in accessing food distributio...
- Rapid population ageing means challenges for Myanmar
- HelpAge International, 2013
- Myanmar’s population is beginning to age rapidly. According to UN projections, by 2050 older people will comprise a quarter of Myanmar’s total population. Shortly after 2035, persons aged 60 and older will outnumber ...
- A challenge to the international community to do much more on ageing in the development sphere
- HelpAge International, 2012
- With one in nine persons in the world aged 60 years or over, projected to increase to one in five by 2050, population ageing is a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored. It analyses the current situation of older persons and reviews...
- Elders' clubs can help improve social participation and health promotion for an ageing population
- W.R. Holmes; J. Joseph / Globalization and Health, 2012
- Low and middle income countries are ageing at a much faster rate than richer countries, especially in Asia. This is happening at a time of globalisation, migration, urbanisation, and smaller families. Older people make significant con...
- Impact of health education on health-related quality of life among elderly persons: results from a community-based intervention study in rural Bangladesh
- Health Promotion International, 2009
- This study examines the change in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among (60 years) elderly persons as a result of health education intervention. A community based intervention study was performed in eight randomly selected vill...
- Unemployed Chilean women provide care to adults and improve the human capital of informal providers
- D. Bravo; E. Puentes / Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
- The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin Americ...
- Policy planning for an ageing population
- World Economic Forum, 2012
- If policy-makers and leaders fail to plan adequately for the changes ahead, they will be inundated by the effects of global ageing, such as a dearth of workers, strained pension systems, and overburdened health care systems. This book...
- Using micro-level data from multiple countries to investigate health outcomes in ageing populations
- J. Banks; J.P. Smith / RAND Corporation, 2011
- International comparisons of health outcomes are growing in importance as a method of gaining insight into the determinants and consequences of health status. This paper attempts to provide an overview of the literature that uses micr...
- How family members can help those on ART - evidence from Cambodia and Thailand
- J.E. Knodel; S. Hak; C. Khuon; S. Dane; J. McAndrew / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2010
- In both Cambodia and Thailand, efforts to augment Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatment adherence are being made within a ‘continuum of care’ framework. So far, focus has been mainly on the role of PLHA groups and peer as...
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