Towards Human Rights in Residential Care for Older Persons

Helen Meenan is an expert on age discrimination and elder law and is Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Business and Law, at Kingston University, United Kingdom.Nicola Rees is the Director of Studies and Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law, at Kingston University, United Kingdom.Israel Doron is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Haifa, Israel.

• Introduction, Helen Meenan, Nicola Rees, Israel Doron 1. Human Rights and Residential Care For Older Adult sin Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Kenya, Isabella Aboderin, Cecilia Mbaka, Carolyne Egesa, and Hilda Akinyi Owii 2. What’s New in the Residential Care of the Elderly in the Arab and Islamic World? The Case Of Egypt, Mohamed A. Arafa 3. Human Rights and Residential Care For Older Persons – An Australian Perspective, Sue Field 4. Protecting the Rights of Chinese Older Persons in Need of Residential Care: The Social Justice and Health Equity Dilemma in the People’s Republic of China, Michelle H. Y. SHUM, JD, Andy H. Y. HO, PhD, Hao LUO, PhD, Jun Fang WANG, MSW, Ying WANG, MA, and Terry Y. S. LUM, PhD 5. The residential care of older people in England and the special relevance of Dignity and Human Rights, Helen Meenan 6. In Search of Rights in a Paternalistic Environment: The Israeli Experience of Regulating Residential Care for Older Persons, Israel Doron 7. Human Rights and Residential Care for Older People in Japan, Takashi Amano, Naoki Ikegami, and Tomoaki Ishibashi 8. Residential Care in the United States: A Persistent Struggle for Quality, Dignity & Independence, Richard J. Mollot, JD 9. Dignity as a Theoretical and Legal Construct in The Context of Care For Older Persons and the Developing Human Rights Agenda for Older Persons, Dr Haris Kountouros and Dr Nicola Rees Conclusion, Israel Doron, Nicola Rees, and Helen Meenan