• Barbados Advocate
  Website: http://www.barbadosadvocate.com

• Nation News
  Website: http://www.nationnews.com

• Barbados Today
  Website: http://epaper.barbadostoday.bb

• Barbados Tourism Management Investment Inc.
  Website:http://www.barbadostourisminvestment.com

• Central Bank of Barbados
  Website:http://www.centralbank.org.bb

• National Insurance Department
  Website:http://www.nis.gov.bb

• Department of Inland Revenue
  Website:http://www.barbados.gov.bb/ird

• Online Forms via the Department of Inland Revenue website
  Website:http://www.barbados.gov.bb/ird/pages/forms.htm

• Government Information Service
  Website: http://gisbarbados.gov.bb/

MINISTRIES

• Ministry of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development
  Address: 4th Floor, Warrens Office Complex, Warrens, St Michael.
  Website: http://www.socialcare.gov.bb/
  Telephone: (246) 535 -1600/1/2/3

• Ministry of Health
  Address: Frank Walcott Building, Culloden Road, St Michael
  Website: http://www.health.gov.bb/
  Telephone: 467-9300

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
  Address: 1 Culloden Road, St. Michael
  Website: http://www.foreign.gov.bb/index.cfm
  Telephone: (246) 431-2200
  Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

IMPORTANT AGENCIES

• Barbados Alzheimer’s Association, http://www.alzbarbados.org/, 429-8077

• Barbados Association of Palliative Care, http://barbadospalliative.org/gallery.html

• Barbados Cancer Society, http://www.barbadoscancersociety.com429 3113

• Barbados Cancer Support Services,www.scc.org.bb, Tel:228-7081

• Barbados Council for the Disabled, 427-8136

• Barbados Diabetes Foundation, http://barbadosdiabetes.org/, 436-0305

• Barbados Diabetes Association, http://www.diabetes.bb/, 427-9338

• Barbados Red Cross Society, 426-2052

• Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), http://www.cdema.org/

• Chronic Disease Research Centre,http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cdrc/home.aspx, 426-6416

• Heart & Stroke Foundation, http://www.hsfbarbados.org/, 437-3312

• National Assistance Board – 426-3131

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

• Police 211

• Fire 311

• Ambulance 511

• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, http://www.qehconnect.com/

• EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE (511) OR +1 (246) 426 0015

• MAIN SWITCHBOARD +1 (246) 436 6450

• ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY OPERATOR+1 (246) 436 6450 X5540

• APPOINTMENTS +1 (246) 436 6450 X6120

   

ASSOCIATIONS OF RETIRED PERSONS IN THE REGION

• TTARP – Trinidad and Tobago Association of Retired Persons http://ttarptobago.org/

• GARP – Grenada Association of Retired Persons http://carolvazquezgarp.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/73/

• Pensioner’s Association of St Lucia https://www.facebook.com/pensionersassnslu

• AMDOR : Association Martiniquais pour la promotion et l'insertion de l'Age d'OR http://www.amdor.fr/

• CARICOM Secretariat – http://www.caricom.org/

BARBADIAN ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DIASPORA

• National Association of Barbadian Organizations (NABO), http://www.nabousainc.org/

• Barbados Association of Tampa Bay http://www.baotb.org/

• Barbados in Toronto http://www.barbadosintoronto.com/barbadian-associations.html

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Association of Retired Persons, http://www.aarp.com

• Canada Association of Retired Persons,http://www.carp.ca

• International Federation on Ageing, http://www.ifa-fiv.org/

• HelpAge International, http://www.helpage.org/

REPORTS FROM BARBADOS

• Barbados National Report on Ageing 2007-2011
  http://www.cepal.org/celade/noticias/paginas/9/46849/Barbados.pdf

• Barbados Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census Volume 1 (2013)
  http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf

• National Gender Policy

• Declaration of Bridgetown
  http://www.barpbb.com/images/resources/Declaration-of-Bridgetown.pdf

• Country Statement Delivered by Honourable Steven Blackett, Minister of Social Care (2012)
  http://www.barpbb.com/images/resources/Country-Statement-Minsiter-Social-Care.pdf

• Hutchinson, Nekaelia, Launch of National Ageing Policy Committee
  http://gisbarbados.gov.bb/index.php?categoryid=9&p2_articleid=12320

• Graduation Address at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, October 18, 2014 by Dame Billie Miller, D. A., BCH, LLD
  http://www.barpbb.com/images/resources/Graduation-Address-Cave-Hill-Campus-at-The-Gymnasium-18th_-October-2014.pdf

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

• Ageing Trends: Barbados, US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, Centre for International Research
  https://www.census.gov/population/international/files/at/AGTRNDBB.pdf

• Health in the Americas, 2012 edition, Country Volume
  http://www.paho.org/Saludenlasamericas/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=114&Itemid