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Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Author: Sue Westwood; Nancy J. Knauer
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781803925288
Published In: August 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The Editors of the volume, together with expert contributors from Australasia, Canada, Europe, UK, US, and elsewhere, adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, society and ageing to improve understanding on key issues in these fields. Organised thematically, chapters examine issues such as law, ageing and human rights; specialist legal services for older people; work and pensions; access to justice; health and wellbeing; care and support. Written in an accessible style, the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing recognises diversity amongst older people and their various social contexts, showcasing debates on how these complexities should be addressed.

Broad in scope and including contributions from a wide range of social, legal, gerontological, health, social welfare and social work disciplines, this Research Handbook is invaluable for scholars and practitioners in law, health, and social care. Activists and those interested in advocating for the rights of older people will also find the wide-ranging topics to be highly informative.

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing 1

Sue Westwood and Nancy J. Knauer

PART I. LAW, AGEING AND INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS

An international convention on the rights of older people? 12

Joan R. Harbison

The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons – a step towards an international convention on the rights of older people? 28

Angela Arenas Massa

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa 44

Rachel Murray

Age discrimination laws in the EU 61

Elaine Dewhurst

Older women’s rights in international law 77

Sue Westwood

PART II. SPECIALIST LEGAL SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE

The development of ‘elder law’ in the United States 95

Nancy J. Knauer

Elder Law: a critique and some suggestions 112

Ann Numhauser-Henning

The Association of Lifetime Lawyers (Formerly Solicitors for the Elderly): Its Origins, Development and Key Areas of Practice in Relation to Older People 125

Michael Culver and Lakshmi Turner

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Legal implications of living to 100 and beyond 141

Anne L. Alstott

PART III. LAW, AGEING, SPACE AND PLACE

11.

Equality issues relating to older people, transnational care and global care chains 156

Heli Askola and Loretta Baldassar

12.

Older people and housing precarity: socio-legal perspectives 170

Caroline Hunter and Helen Carr

13.

Long-term care facilities for older people: human rights concerns 187

Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green and Jill Manthorpe

14.

Virtual spaces: ageism on social media – representations, reinforcement and resistance 200

Brad A. Meisner, Deanna Vervaecke and Matthew Le

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Climate change, older people and the law 216

Liat Ayalon

PART IV. LAW, AGEING, WORK AND PENSIONS

16.

Ageism as an institutional push factor for retirement: the need for cultural and organisational change 231

Martine Lagacé, Caroline D. Bergeron, Philippe Rodrigues-Rouleau and Marie Dominique Antoine

17.

Gendered ageism and disablism and employment of older workers 247

Joanne Song Mclaughlin and David Neumark

18.

Older women workers, the pandemic, employment discrimination and lifetime disadvantage 265

Susan Bisom-Rapp

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Menopause discrimination at work: comparing the law in the United States and United Kingdom 281

Naomi Cahn, Bridget Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman

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Older women and comparative pension inequalities in the UK and US 298

Athina Vlachantoni

PART V. LAW, AGEING AND JUSTICE

21.

Older people and access to justice 311

Joe Duffy, Katherine C. Pearson and Subhajit Basu

22.

Constructions of vulnerability in relation to older victims of crime 326

Kevin J. Brown and Faith Gordon

23.

Sexual violence against older women 341

Laura Tarzia and Catherine Barrett

24.

Intimate partner violence among older LGBTQ+ adults 357

Jennifer Hillman and Brenda Russell

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Defining, understanding and preventing homicide-suicide among older adults 373

Laura M. Schwab-Reese and Amy A. Hunter

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Older people in prison 388

Helen Codd

PART VI. LAW, AGEING, HEALTH AND WELLBEING

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A global examination of law and the abuse of older people 403

Erica C.R. Costello

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Older people, health inequality and the right to health 420

Barbara Mikołajczyk and Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska

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Age-related dementia and the law: the challenges of mental capacity and equality 435

Alex Ruck Keene and Annabel Price

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Older people and advance care planning 450

John Lombard

31.

Older people and assisted dying 463

Barbara A. Reich

32.

Older people and assistive technologies: a human rights approach 476

Belinda Bennett

PART VII. LAW, AGEING, CARE AND SUPPORT

33.

Older people and filial support laws 489

Katherine C. Pearson

34.

European Union law, care and ageing 504

Eugenia Caracciolo Di Torella and Annick Masselot

35.

Older people, care concerns and an ethic of care 518

Sue Westwood and Lizzie Ward

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Older people and human rights violations in relation to the COVID-19

pandemic: the role of ageism and the case of care homes 534

Sarah Donnelly and Alisoun Milne

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Older LGBTQ+ people and the equality/human rights implications of inequalities in older age health/social care provision 549

Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Christine Cocker

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Ethical issues in the use of robots for the care of older people 564

Amanda Sharkey and Noel Sharkey

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