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Human rights in an ageing world
— perspectives from around the world | | Author(s) | Nora Macleod |
| Corporate Author | ILC Global Alliance |
| Publisher | ILC UK, London, 2007 |
| Pages | unnumbered |
| Source | ILC UK, 22-26 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ. www.ilcuk.org.uk |
| Keywords | Rights [elderly] ; International. |
| Annotation | Contributors from the International Longevity Centre network comment on developments in policy and legislation in ten countries as they affect older people's human rights. On the UK, Sally Greengross discusses issues around pensions, health and social care, discrimination, workforce participation, inter-generational matters and migration. South Africa continues to experience age discrimination, even though it has been outlawed constitutionally. On France, discussion concerns the double priority of promoting high quality long term care systems and improving social integration and activity of the healthy senior population. The Dominican Republic focuses on three categories of rights: protection, participation and image. Israel notes laws of significance to older people in the areas of social security, health care and human rights. India has had a National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP) since 1999, but this has been formulated without adequate consultation with relevant organisations. In Japan, key issues about older people's rights include safety, healthcare and health, a proper standard of living, not to be subject to discrimination, and not to suffer from abuse or inhumane treatment. For the Netherlands, most important are social protection, productive ageing, preventive care, integration and participation, and end of life issues; there are calls, too, for national and EU legislation on equal treatment to include goods and services. Argentina focuses on gender inequalities, societal abuse, and changes to policy to enable older people to better assert their human rights. The US indicates the incidence of discrimination in nursing homes, emergency services, the workplace and the media, as well as elder abuse and ageist gender equality. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-071119003 B |
| Classmark | IKR: 72 |
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