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Older adults in the involuntary treatment system
— letter to the editor | | Author(s) | Brook Buettner |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 60, no 2, February-March 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, February-March 2017 |
| Pages | pp 99-103 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Restriction ; Rights [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The involuntary treatment system allows a US State to detain an individual against his or her will. Older people may be more vulnerable to detention, because of issues associated with ageing and/or systemic bias. Moreover, the effects of detention are likely to be more damaging to older people's lives. This article draws attention to involuntary treatment laws in the US and their effects on older people. It concludes by stating that "it is essential that attitudes and service delivery systems are examined and improved to ensure that each person's liberty, autonomy and dignity are respected". To find out the approaches of individual States, the reader is directed to the Treatment Advocacy Center website (see: http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/browse-by-s... (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170616234 A |
| Classmark | E: 5RC: IKR: 7T |
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