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Disaster resilience in Disaster resilience in an ageing worldan ageing worldDisaster Risk and Age IndexDisaster Risk and Age Index
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The world is CHANGING The World is AGEING
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The world is changing & Ageing
In 2014In 2014
868m868mwewere aged re aged 60 or over60 or over
By 2050By 2050
2.02b2.02bwill be aged will be aged 60 or over60 or over
66%66% of the of the world’s 60+ world’s 60+ live in low- and live in low- and middle- income middle- income countriescountries
By 2050 this By 2050 this will rise to will rise to
80%80%
Older people and disasters
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Older people are disproportionally affected
Older people and disasters
• Current systems ill-equipped• Disaster management systems don’t
accommodate requirements of older people and other vulnerable groups
• Policy makers and practitioners overlook the strengths and contributions older people make
Older people and disasters (2)
-Poverty -Neglect -Isolation -Disability & Mobility problems-Burden of care giving-Psychosocial challenges -Health problems-Nutrition deficiency
Why are older people more vulnerable to disasters
Capacities and resourcefulness of older people
• Historical knowledge of past disasters • Traditional knowledge of CCA• Respected community figures• Actively involved in family, community and
nation building• Experience as a child, parent, carer,
worker, manager, farmer, holders of life course experience.
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• Demonstrates with existing data the situation of older people and disaster risk
• Provides direction to governments and policy makers to reduce the risk to older people
• Highlights major trends of increasing disaster risk in an ageing world
• Highlights the data gaps on older people and its limitations
Disaster Risk and Age IndexIndex of countries based on their old age populations risk to disaster
Disaster Risk and Age Index (2)Methodology
• Old Age augmented version of INFORM Global Risk Index
unchanged
Examples: child mortality removed; pension coverage and relative old age poverty introduced, some indicators were age disaggregated
Examples: Introduced 60+ access to internet and mobile technology; 60+mortality for diarrheal diseases as a proxy for health system strength
Components
Components (2)
Components (3)
Findings
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Country example
LimitationsData Indices vs. Reality
Reality:Hurricane Katrina
Indices provide the best measure we can currently achieve with the data, however to understand nuances of risk other local people centred monitoring mechanisms are needed – age disaggregated
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Recommendations
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The report highlights critical policy and practice changes across all aspects of development, including disaster risk management, to reduce the risks to older populations.
Recommendations
Action must be taken to make progress on the Hyogo Framework for Action and the priorities of the new post-2015 disaster management framework, and these must be age inclusive.
Older people as: •Active decision makers in hazard analysis and DRR planning.•Designated role in implementation of DRR initiatives & budget assigned for implementation.•Monitoring systems at local and national level = age disaggregated and actively involves older people
Disaster risk reduction
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Recommendations
Action must be taken to make progress on the Hyogo Framework for Action and the priorities of the new post-2015 disaster management framework, and these must be age inclusive.
Action should be taken to achieve the 14 targets of Charter 14 for older people in DRR.
Disaster risk reduction
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Charter 14
Recommendations
Action must be taken to make progress on the Hyogo Framework for Action and the priorities of the new post-2015 disaster management framework, and these must be age inclusive.
Action should be taken to achieve the 14 targets of Charter 14 for older people in DRR.
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Development policies and plans should be ageing and climate smart.
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Ageing and disaster smart development
Investments in pension systems are one of the most important ways to ensure economic independence and reduce poverty in old age.
Older people need to be included in all actions addressing both infectious diseases (such as tuberculosis, malaria and diarrheal diseases) and no communicable diseases (NCDs). Food security and nutrition appropriate for people in later life should also be ensured to boost overall health and wellbeing.
An age-friendly physical environment (affordable and disaster-resilient housing and easily accessible transportation) that promotes the development and use of innovative technologies to encourage active ageing is especially important as people grow older and experience reduced mobility and visual and hearing impairments.
Major efforts must be made to collect and provide much higher levels of age, sex and disability disaggregated data across development data sets
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