Living Conditions of Low-income Older Persons in Human Settlements UNCHS (Habitat) (HABITAT, 1999, 38 p.): ANNEXES: 1. Acknowledgements

Living Conditions of Low-income Older Persons in Human Settlements UNCHS (Habitat) (HABITAT, 1999, 38 p.)

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Cover Page

Foreword

Executive Summary

PART 1

I. Conclusions

II. Recommendations (To National and Local Governments)

PART 2

III. Living conditions of low-income older persons in human settlements

PART 3

IV. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES

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Sydney, Australia

Santiago, Chile

Beijing, China

Cairo, Egypt

Budapest, Hungary

New Delhi, India

Kingston, Jamaica

Nairobi, Kenya

Manila, Philippines

Cape Town, South Africa

Ankara, Turkey

United States of America, the city of Newark/New Jersey

ANNEXES

1. Acknowledgements

2. Survey questionnaire

3. Best Practices

4. Speech of welcome to the workshop by Ms. Mieke Andela-Baur, President of Netherlands Platform Older People And Europe, 9 September 1999

1. Acknowledgements

This survey and workshop could not have been undertaken without the financial support of UNCHS (Habitat), and the Netherlands Platform Older People and Europe. Thanks is also due to the Institute of Public Administration for its continued voluntary support services to the project. Advice and support was also given by the NGO Committee on Human Settlements, and the NGO Committee on Ageing, both at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Great appreciation is expressed to the following Country Managers and their organizations who directed the Case Studies and Surveys of Older Persons for the Study; prepared the reports on their studies; and to those who participated in the Workshop:

Deborah Munns and Jim Longley of The People for Places and Spaces, and the Anglican Outreach Services, Sydney, Australia
Sonia Zapata Donoso, Escuela Trabajo Social, Universidad Santo Tomas, Santiago, Chile
Xiao Caiwei, China National Committee on Aging, Beijing, China
Dr. Magda Iskander, Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, and the Centre for Geriatric Services, Cairo, Egypt
Edina Reviczky, Florence Nightingale Association, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Shubha Soneja, HelpAge India, New Delhi, India
Dr. Denise Eldemire and Ken-Garfield Douglas, Dept. of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Kathleen Okatcha, HelpAge Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Edward M. Gerlock, Coalition of Services for the Elderly (COSE), Manila, Philippines
Dr. Monica Ferreira, Centre for Gerontology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dr. Rusen Keles and Ms. Nilgun Gorer, Research Assistant, Department of City and Regional Planning, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Ms. Khadijah Odeh-Piper, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Appreciation is also expressed to the following individuals who contributed greatly to the success of the Study and Workshop:

Richard May, Senior Associate, Institute of Public Administration
Selman Erguden, UNCHS (Habitat)
David Mammen, President of the Institute of Public Administration
Virginia Hazzard, of the NGO Committee on Ageing
Mieke Andela-Bauer, President, Ger J.M. Tielen, Director and Mira Weber of Netherlands Platform Older People and Europe
Prof. Dr. Gertrud Krueskemper, EURAG
Amanda Heslop and Mark Gorman of HelpAge International