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| Memorandum on older people and human rights | | Author(s) | Tessa Harding, Jean Gould |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2003 |
| Pages | 15 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Rights [elderly] ; Help the Aged ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | The European Union (EU) Equal Treatment Directive requires that all Member States introduce measures to combat discrimination on grounds of age by 2006. The UK Government has been consulting on the establishment of a single equality body to promote equality across all strands affected by discrimination. Given that the Human Rights Act 1998 has been little used with regard to older people's health and care issues, this memorandum explores the differences that a Human Rights Commission could make to older people's lives. It sets out key areas where older people's human rights are currently at risk: medical care in care homes; closure of homes; family separation; funding panels; personal expenditure; hospital care; and restraints. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030925209 P |
| Classmark | IKR: PYH: 6PM * |
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