HelpAge International
This is the blog of HelpAge International, a global network striving for the rights of older people. The organisation has been working since 1983 to improve the lives of disadvantaged older people.
Yes, people over 50 have sex too
Author: HelpAge International
Richard Blewitt, chief executive of aid agency HelpAge International, marks U.N. International Day of Older People. According to the U.N., this is a day when age should be celebrated, when older people's contribution to society should be recognised and applauded. ...
Author: HelpAge International
Richard Blewitt, chief executive of aid agency HelpAge International, marks U.N. International Day of Older People. According to the U.N., this is a day when age should be celebrated, when older people's contribution to society should be recognised and applauded. ...
Traditional Myanmar rice style hurts older people
Author: HelpAge International
Retired doctor Maung Maung Shien, 75, reports on working with HelpAge International in Kyaik Lat and Dedaye townships on the Irrawaddy Delta after it was devastated by a cyclone in May. HelpAge is the only international agency providing health care services tailored to the needs of older people in these areas.
The sun has not yet risen as we begin loading boxes of medicines from the office in Yangon out into the car. Alongside me are four nurses, four junior doctors and Dr. Aung Thu, an old colleague who invited me to join HelpAge International's mobile medical units after Cyclone Nargis struck.
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Author: HelpAge International
Retired doctor Maung Maung Shien, 75, reports on working with HelpAge International in Kyaik Lat and Dedaye townships on the Irrawaddy Delta after it was devastated by a cyclone in May. HelpAge is the only international agency providing health care services tailored to the needs of older people in these areas.
The sun has not yet risen as we begin loading boxes of medicines from the office in Yangon out into the car. Alongside me are four nurses, four junior doctors and Dr. Aung Thu, an old colleague who invited me to join HelpAge International's mobile medical units after Cyclone Nargis struck.
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AID WORKER DIARY: Elderly vulnerable after Myanmar cyclone
Author: HelpAge International
As in all disasters, it's the older people who are last in line to get help in Myanmar. We estimate some 208,000 people of advanced years were affected by Cyclone Nargis. They have particular difficulty reaching aid distribution points or carrying relief goods - if they can get to them at all. They have special medical and nutritional needs that often go unrecognised.
It's a 30 minute drive from Yangon to the village where HelpAge Korea and HelpAge International work in collaboration with the YMCA to deliver a home care programme for older people. We wanted to see how older villagers were coping.
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Author: HelpAge International
As in all disasters, it's the older people who are last in line to get help in Myanmar. We estimate some 208,000 people of advanced years were affected by Cyclone Nargis. They have particular difficulty reaching aid distribution points or carrying relief goods - if they can get to them at all. They have special medical and nutritional needs that often go unrecognised.
It's a 30 minute drive from Yangon to the village where HelpAge Korea and HelpAge International work in collaboration with the YMCA to deliver a home care programme for older people. We wanted to see how older villagers were coping.
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