The Human Rights of Older Persons

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Elder Law

Bridget Lewis, Kelly Purser, Kirsty Mackie (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

338 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-6734-6 (ISBN)

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This book provides a comprehensive human rights analysis of key areas of law affecting older persons, including legal capacity; elder abuse; accommodation and aged care; healthcare; employment; financial security, retirement, and estate planning; and social and cultural participation. The research identifies individual autonomy and participation in decision-making as fundamental to a human rights-based approach to elder law. The book argues that a paradigm shift must occur away from traditional medical and charity-based understandings of ‘old age’ to instead acknowledge older persons as active holders of enforceable rights. The book argues that a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons is an essential tool in achieving this, but that even without a dedicated treaty there is much to be gained from a human rights-based approach. Significantly, because the issues arising in ‘old age’ are often the culmination of experiences occurring throughout the life course, a human rights-based approach to elder law must begin with a commitment to human rights for people of all ages.

Bridget Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and a member of the Planning for Healthy Ageing research group at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She has published widely on a range of human rights issues, particularly the application of international human rights law to contemporary issues such as climate change and natural disasters, with a focus on the rights of vulnerable groups. Kelly Purser is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and a co-lead of the Planning for Healthy Ageing research group at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. Her research focuses on the challenges presented by capacity assessment and the ageing population. Kirsty Mackie is a nationally recognised elder law practitioner with a strong interest in elder abuse, advocacy, and law reform. She works in the Legal Placement Unit at the University of the Sunshine Coast and is also a Guest Lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology on elder abuse. She has appeared as an expert on national television to discuss elder law issues.

Chapter 1. The Problem.- Chapter 2. A Human Rights Based-approach to Elder Law.- Chapter 3. The Existing International Response to Protecting the Rights of Older People.- Chapter 4. Legal Capacity and Decision-making.- Chapter 5. Healthcare, Palliative Care and End of Life.- Chapter 6. Employment Rights.- Chapter 7. Financial Management, Retirement and Estate planning.- Chapter 8. Accommodation and Aged Care.- Chapter 9. Social and Cultural Rights of Older Persons.- Chapter 10. Conclusion and Future Directions.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.08.2020
Zusatzinfo	3 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 338 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Aged Care • Ageism • Aging Population • Elder Abuse • Elder Law • End of Life • Estate Planning • Human Rights • Legal capacity • Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging • Palliative Care • Residential Care • retirement planning • Social Policy
ISBN-10	981-15-6734-4 / 9811567344
ISBN-13	978-981-15-6734-6 / 9789811567346
Zustand	Neuware