This study examined rural-urban differences in health visits among Thai older people. The researchers measured preventive health care use based on the question of whether the respondent had a health checkup, not due to illness, in the year preceding [...]
This report examines the opportunities and challenges involved in gathering, analysing and making available to decision-makers, practitioners, and older people themselves, the high quality data needed to ensure the inclusion of older populations in global development plans and policies. [...]
The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing profound and rapid population changes. All countries in Asia and the Pacific are in the process of ageing at an unprecedented pace. This overview summarises the current trends in the process of ageing, through [...]
This study analyses the health seeking behaviour and utilisation of healthcare services among older people. Further, it identifies and examines barriers to healthcare access along several dimensions including: availability, geographic accessibility, affordability and acceptability. These dimensions of accessibility are [...]
Intergenerational Self-Help Club (ISHC) is a model having been implemented for years by HelpAge International (HAI) and its partners in Vietnam. It has been proven to be a good model that meets olde people’s various needs. The model has been [...]
In AgeNews 20, we highlight the ASEAN meeting on the promotion of older people's organisations hosted by the Cambodian government last December. We look at snapshots on campaigns held across the region on the International Day of Older Persons, [...]
This report details the proceedings at the HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016, which focused on the economic implications of ageing. Language: English Published: HelpAge International East Asia/Pacific, 2016 Size: 1.2 MB Download
This brochure explains how HelpAge International and Thanh Hoa Association of the Elderly, Vietnam are supporting intergenerational self-help clubs to reduce poverty and improve people's health. Language: English Published: HelpAge International (Vietnam Country Office), 2016 Size:1.2 MB Download [...]
In this edition, we report the 1st National Dementia Plan of Indonesia, disaster resilience projects in Cambodia and Vietnam, and a campaign on diabetes with an exclusive interview with two senior officers from WHO. The upcoming HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional [...]
Global Conference of Parliamentarians on Population and Development Toward the 2016 G7 Ise-Shima Summit is the first G7 Summit after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 193 Member States of the United Nations. The summit, which [...]
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