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The "Rights-Based Guide for Older Persons" ("Yaşlılar İçin Hak Temelli Rehber") was published by the Turkish Human Rights and Equality Institution (TİHEK) . The guide sets out seven core rights of particular relevance to older persons: protection from discrimination, the right to the highest attainable physical and mental health, freedom from physical/mental abuse with dignity and security, the right to independent living with needed support, access to education and lifelong learning, the right to privacy, and equal access to digital services. It maps these rights against Türkiye's legal framework , including constitutional provisions (Articles 10 and 61), the Social Services Law (No. 2828), the Municipality Law (No. 5393), and the national Ageing Vision Document, alongside international instruments such as Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing.
Government, NGOs, public and private organizations.
The guide laid a foundation to make functional changes to existing governance systems and mechanisms to equip older persons, families, civil society organizations, and public institutions with clear understanding of elder rights and mechanisms to integrate them.
TİHEK developed the guide in 2025 by synthesizing existing national legislation (Constitution, Social Services Law, Municipality Law, Ageing Vision Document) and international frameworks (UN Principles for Older Persons, European Social Charter, Madrid Plan, EU Green Paper on Ageing) into a single accessible reference document, drawing on sources such as WHO, UNECE, and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
It is a good practice because it contextualizes international human-rights principles (UN Principles, MIPAA) into a single, practice-oriented tool that older persons and policymakers can use to address the challenges. The method of operationalisation of the international frameworks, presented in this guide, can be adapted to other national contexts with proper integration of national laws.
A programme aimed at enhancing transport infrastructure accessibility for individuals with limited mobility, including older adults. Key measures included adapting transport facilities, services, and infrastructure to make them accessible for people with disabilities and other groups with limited mobility, including older persons. This included public transportation vehicles, railway stations, and social infrastructure, as well as legal reforms.
Individuals with limited mobility, including older adults.
The roadmap was developed as part of Kazakhstan's alignment with the National Plan for the Rights and Quality of Life of People with Disabilities. Implementation followed a phased, data-driven approach, involving nationwide identification of relevant infrastructure objects, gradual adaptation and compliance checks, annual monitoring cycles, use of digital tools an coordination between national ministries and local authorities.
This policy combines clear targets, systematic monitoring, and public accountability mechanisms. The use of an interactive map and feedback portal promotes transparency and citizen participation, while the scale of coverage (22,000 objects nationwide) ensures both urban and rural inclusion. Alignment with national disability rights frameworks and integration of legal reforms further strengthens sustainability and enforcement.
Road Map on Transport Infrastructure Accessibility for People with Limited Mobility | Ageing Policies Database - UNECE
Plan 4170/KH‑BVHTTDL sets out the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s roadmap for implementing Viet Nam’s National Strategy on Older Persons, with a focus on promoting active ageing, cultural participation, and social inclusion. The plan aims to harness the knowledge, experience, and contributions of older persons in culture, family life, sports, and tourism, while improving their material and spiritual well‑being, particularly for vulnerable groups such as older persons with disabilities, those living in poverty, ethnic minorities, and those without caregivers. Key measures include strengthening communication and awareness‑raising on ageing, supporting older persons’ participation in cultural and artistic activities, reading and heritage preservation, expanding age‑appropriate physical activity and sports, and promoting age‑friendly tourism. The plan also emphasizes preventing violence and abuse through community‑based models—such as Intergenerational Self‑Help Clubs, family happiness clubs, and trusted community support points—and reinforcing the role of older persons in transmitting family values and cultural traditions. Implementation is assigned across MCST departments with requirements for coordination, efficiency, regular monitoring, and adaptation to local contexts, reinforcing the shift from a welfare‑based to an active‑ageing and development‑oriented approach to population ageing in Viet Nam.
The beneficiaries are older persons in Viet Nam.
Plan 4170/KH‑BVHTTDL (2025) was developed as an implementation plan following the formal adoption of Viet Nam’s National Strategy on Older Persons to 2035, with a vision to 2045, which was approved by the Prime Minister under Decision No. 383/QĐ‑TTg on 21 February 2025. The plan translates the national‑level strategy into sector‑specific actions for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), in accordance with Viet Nam’s policy‑making and planning system.
The plan is a clear sectoral plan to implement the wider National Policy on Ageing. It also includes Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs, thus giving ownership to older persons and promoting intergenerational initiatives.
Plan issued to implement national strategy for the elderly
Older persons were both victims of as well as actors in emergency response during the 2022 floods in Pakistan. OPAs were instrumental in locating and supporting vulnerable older people in submerged areas of Sindh and Balochistan. With the support of OPAs, older persons received age-sensitive aid such as food, hygiene kits, cash, wheelchairs, and psychosocial support after the floods. In Khairpur, mobile teams distributed essential supplies and provided health screenings and rehabilitation devices to older individuals trapped by floodwaters.
Older persons affected by disasters
Support to approximately 8,000 older people during floods
Following the floods in 2010, HelpAge International began forming OPAs in rural communities. As OPAs had already been in place, they were able to provide support in 2022.
Use of grassroot organizations and making older persons actors and not only recipients of support.
FAID – Foundation for Ageing and Inclusive Development
The Safer Environment for Seniors Programme, implemented by the Singaporean Housing and Development Board, aims to incorporate universal design principles in public housing, namely ample seating, to make make them age- and user-friendly for older and disabled persons. This programme additionally involves intergenerational play spaces, namely three-generation fitness and play facilities, for families to enjoy together.
Primarily seniors (aged 60/65+) in HDB flats; EASE 2.0 expanded to include public rental housing (about 26,800 more seniors). Additionally, from 2026, eligible private property households with seniors (70,000+ households) will benefit under EASE (Private).
By April 2024, approximately 293,000 households had installed senior‑friendly fittings since 2012, improving mobility and safety within the flat.
Built as part of the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) since 2012, featuring heavy government subsidy (up to 95%), resident opt‑in via HIP polling; EASE 2.0 added new fittings (foldable grab bars, lowered kerbs, bidet sprays, HFAD) from April 2024. Implementation combines flat‑level upgrades and precinct‑level enhancements like neighbourhood improvements and assisted‑living facilities.
It integrates aging-friendly design into existing housing programmes with strong subsidy and resident participation, delivering tangible safety and mobility improvements for seniors while scaling across public and private housing.
Naju City found that 2 in 10 older persons in the Republic of Korea had experienced an injury from falling over. This can lead to injury-related deaths of elderly people and overall lower quality of life due to pain or disability. This initiative aims to combat this issue by implementing hand rails at the many different senior centers around the city. This initiative is a core component of the Age-Friendly Strategic Plan that began in 2019.
Older persons at risk of falls
Over 1900 hand rails have been installed around Naju City, across 610 senior centers since 2020 when the initiative began.
Developed as a result of the Survey of Living Conditions (2019), which found that 20% of Naju city's seniors had suffered a fall that led to injury. The city created this plan as a result of consultations with local senior citizens.
Responds directly to an issue identified in the community and has a direcl positive impact on its citizens. This initiative increases accessibility to social spaces such as the senior centers, having a positive impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
The Sehat Sahulat Programme (SSP) is Pakistan’s flagship social health protection initiative, designed to provide free inpatient healthcare particularly to poor and vulnerable citizens, of them most are older persons, by using a national health insurance model. It represents one of the country’s largest steps toward Universal Health Coverage. It was begun as a pilot initiative covering a few districts. Initially, it strictly targeted vulnerable populations but is subsequently expanded towards universal coverage.
Originally, poor and vulnerable populations with envisaged expansion to a universal scheme.
The programme expanded access to health care.
It was initiated as a pilot project in some districts covering only vulnerable populations and subsequently expanded to other population groups and other areas of Pakistan.
(PDF) Impact of Sehat Sahulat Program on Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Pakistan
Elderly schools in Indonesia that represent a shift from traditional care to lifelong learning, these are informal education institutions aiming to create SMART seniors. Sehat (healthy) Mandiri (independent) Aktif (active) Realis (Realistic/Productive) Tangguh (Resilient). It is a three tier educational system, where seniors graduate each level. Tier 1 focuses on basic health and self-care, tier 2 focuses on knowledge of nutrition, mental health and social roles, and tier 3 is the advanced level where seniors learn digital literacy, vocational skills and community leadership. Seniors participate in a graduation ceremony after 6 to 12 months of completing all three tiers of the course.
Older persons in Indonesia
There were over 2000 Sekolah Lansia facilities across all 38 provinces. Seniors have a sense of empowerment and self-confidence after taking part in the courses. The digital literacy course in tier 3 created a space for the SatuSehat national app to be onboarded with seniors. Additionally, the schools served as a social space for elderly, combatting loneliness. Many elderly went on to become 'Elderly Ambassadors' in their own communities.
Rather than building new schools, the government integrated these elderly schools into existing community groups (Bina Keluarga Lansia).
This programme is highly replicable, with the ability to be implemented in both rural and urban areas. By holding a graduation ceremony, older persons are able to feel a sense of accomplishment, pride and achievement for finishing the course. It combats the loneliness epidemic by creating a space that isn't home or the hospital, where elderly can socialize and learn.
India's Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity (SACRED) is a government-led online employment exchange that facilitates the re-employment of persons aged 60 years and above. The platform connects older job seekers with employers across sectors, enabling older persons to continue contributing their skills and experience while supporting financial independence, social participation and active ageing. By recognizing older persons as a valuable workforce resource, SACRED promotes productive ageing and helps address labour-force participation challenges in an ageing society
Older persons in India seeking working.
In a reply to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) on 3 August 2022, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment reported that:4,527 senior citizens had registered on the SACRED portal. 63 senior citizens had applied for employment through the portal.
SACRED was launched in response to rapid population ageing and the need to ensure that older persons can lead secure, dignified and self-reliant lives
The programme is explicitly designed to help older persons remain economically active and socially engaged, while supporting their financial independence and dignity.
Senior Able Citizens for Re Employment in Dignity (SACRED) Portal
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Senior Citizen Activity Centre (Pusat Kegiatan Warga Emas) was established as a dedicated community centre for older persons, providing a place for them to interact, participate in meaningful activities, and remain socially engaged.
The Garis Panduan Pusat Kegiatan Warga Emas (PKWE) was implemented as a formal guideline to standardize the administration, financial management, programme delivery and operational procedures of all Senior Citizens Activity Centres in Brunei Darussalam. It functions as a framework to ensure PKWE centres operate systematically and effectively as community support hubs for older persons.
Older persons in Brunei Darussalam
The Activity Centre provided seniors with a place to interact with peers, engage in activities, and continue learning, while also acting as a focal point that supports community involvement and strengthens relationships across generations and improves their quality of life.
PKWE was implemented through multisectoral collaboration involving government agencies, private sectors, non‑governmental organisations and local communities. It is administered by an Administrative Committee made up of registered members, responsible for management, activity planning and financial governance. The Centre operates every working day for at least six hours, offering programmes in religion, arts, ICT, health, social recreation and entrepreneurship. Annual allocations from the Community Development Department fund official activities, while other agencies may support programme delivery.
The corresponding guideline was developed by JAPEM under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports to support the growing number of PKWE centres across districts. It establishes criteria for centre formation, membership rules, committee structures, financial protocols, programme categories, health and safety standards and reporting systems. PKWE committees implement the guidelines daily, while JAPEM oversees compliance through monitoring, inspections and advisory roles.
The activity centre provides a holistic, inclusive and community‑centred approach to ageing. PKWE empowers older people to remain active contributors, supports healthy ageing, fosters meaningful participation, encourages lifelong learning and helps reduce ageism.
