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Older people in disasters and humanitarian crises
— guidelines for best practice | | Corporate Author | HelpAge International; European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO); United Nations High Commission for Refugees - UNHCR |
| Publisher | HelpAge International, London, [2000] |
| Pages | 25 pp |
| Source | HelpAge International, 67-74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX. |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Voluntary agencies ; Disasters [natural] ; Standards of provision ; International ; Developing countries. |
| Annotation | The stated aim of most humanitarian organisations is to provide emergency relief to whole communities in a crisis, if possible targeting the most vulnerable. This report was first published as a draft in November 1999 as "The ageing world and humanitarian crisis". It also draws on results of the international conference, "Older people - a burden or resource? Their needs and contributions in humanitarian crises", Helsinki, September 1999. Examples are given of key approaches and actions that could help the humanitarian community reduce the vulnerability associated with ageing. The research indicates that agencies' priorities, assumptions and delivery systems can obstruct or exclude vulnerable older people from access to relief. The guidelines consider the following: addressing older people's needs; meeting basic needs; mobility; equal access to essential services; social, psychosocial and family needs; and recognising and supporting the contributions of older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000519004 B |
| Classmark | BG: PK: RG: 583: 72: 7B |
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