Close to Home: An Inquiry Into Older People and Human Rights in Home Care

ISBN-10
1842064266
ISBN-13
9781842064269
Series
Close to Home
Category
Home care services
Pages
111
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Independent Thinking Press
Authors
Great Britain. Equality and Human Rights Commission, Carola Groom

Description

The potential risks to human rights when care is provided "behind closed doors", in people's own homes -- a less easily regulated environment -- are in many ways greater than in institutional settings. There is also evidence that older people face particular risks to human rights associated with the provision of care and support services, especially at home. For example, there has been evidence of breaches to the prohibition against inhuman or degrading treatment and to the right to respect for private and family life.

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