Older People in Disasters and Humanitarian Crises: Guidelines for Best Practice

HelpAge International, UNHCR

Published in : 2007

Available in : English

Keywords : Africa, Asia, elderly people, guidelines, vulnerable groups

Guidelines for best practice aimed at helping relief agencies meet the special needs of older people in emergencies. General guidelines based on wide-ranging new research from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas and many years' global disaster experience.

Documents :
Older People in Disasters and Humanitarian Crises: Guidelines for Best Practice (PDF, 526.71Kb)

Originally posted at : www.helpage.org/Resources/Manuals

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Emergency, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Vulnerable groups, general, HTP module 11, Programmes

Life-cycle focus : Old age

Resource types : Guidelines

Working groups : Nutrition in Emergencies