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Age Action has produced or collaborated on producing a number of resources about ageing in the developing world which you may find useful.

PDF icon Booklet: Gender discimination and age (August 2016) (236 KB)
PDF icon Income Security - Why it matters for older people everywhere (553 KB)
PDF icon Booklet: Rural Poverty For Older People In Ireland and Developing Countries (October 2015) (385 KB)
PDF icon Health and Older People in Ireland and Developing Countries (364 KB)
PDF icon Guidelines for Including Older People in Development and Humanitarian Policy and Practice (1.3 MB)

Income Security | Age Action

Read our updated booklet on Income Security and Older People here (pdf, 553 KB).

Why We Need a Commissioner for Ageing and Older Persons

(15 June 2022)  On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Age Action is reiterating the call for the establishment of a Commissioner for Ageing and Older Persons, with a supporting legal framework, that will ensure that we are all treated with respect and on an equal basis with the rest of the population in older age.

3,871 notifications of abuse for persons aged over 65 was reported in the HSE’s National Safeguarding Report 2021. Immediate family members are identified as the person of concern in reported cases of abuse of people over the age of 65.

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