| Ageing
in Asia and the Pacific: Emerging Issues and Successful
Practices
Social Policy Paper No. 10, 2002
ST/ESCAP/2235
Table of Contents
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Preface
Part One Ageing in Asia and
the Pacific: Socio-economic
Consequences and Policy Implications
I. THE CONTEXT
II. FORMAL CARE OF OLDER PERSONS
III. INFORMAL CARE OF OLDER PERSONS
IV. LABOUR FORCE, WORK, RETIREMENT AND CONSUMER
PROTECTION
V. HEALTH CARE SERVICES .
VI. SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
VII. WOMEN AND AGEING
VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
References
Part Two Population Ageing:
An Australian Approach
I. THE CONTEXT
II. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AN AGEING AUSTRALIA –
III. LESSONS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE 38
Part Three Older Persons in
Emergencies: A Case Study of HelpAge India
I. BACKGROUND
II. AREAS OF INTERVENTION AND ACHIEVEMENTS
III. MONITORING OF THE PROGRAMME
IV. OBSTACLES FACED DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE PROGRAMME
V. IMPACT OF HELPAGE INDIA’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE
VI. LESSONS LEARNED FROM RESPONSES BY HELPAGE INDIA
Part Four Integrated System
of Community-Based Care for
Older People: A Case Study of the Tsao Foundation
I. BACKGROUND
II. THE TSAO FOUNDATION STRATEGY: A THREE-TIERED
APPROACH TO AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY-BASED
HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM
III. COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
IV. KEY FACTORS IN PROGRAMME SUSTAINABILITY AND
ADAPTABILITY
V. KEY CHALLENGES
VI. SUMMARY
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