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Private Retirement Housing and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (summary)
- Authors:
- RISK Malcolm, PIDRA Sandra
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Private Retirement Housing and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (full text)
- Authors:
- RISK Malcolm, PIDRA Sandra
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A conceptual framework of financial exploitation of older persons
- Authors:
- RABINER Donna J., O'KEEFFE Janet, BROWN David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 16(2), 2004, pp.53-73.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes a conceptual model that can guide the understanding of financial exploitation of older people. The framework is designed to assist policymakers, practitioners, law enforcement officials, and others to better develop, implement, and evaluate different strategies to reduce the risk of financial exploitation among older persons. The article is written from an American perspective. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Addressing age barriers: an international comparison of legislation against age discrimination in the field of goods, facilities and services
- Authors:
- BAKER Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 192p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Researches legislation in five jurisdictions where age discrimination in these fields had been made unlawful. The report considers the scope and context of such legislation, and examines its content and impact. Findings are presented in chronological order, beginning with Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Ontario and finally the United States of America, which has the oldest law relating to age discrimination in this field.
The importance of adult guardiandship for social work practice
- Author:
- CRAMPTON Alexandra
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(2/3), 2004, pp.117-129.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Guardianship is a legal intervention used to protect incapacitated adults through the appointment of a surrogate decision maker. Demographic trends and improvements of medical technology suggest that gerontological social workers ought to be particularly concerned about guardianship as more people live into older ages with some degree of impairment. This article presents an overview of the guardianship decisionmaking process and of the roles social workers can have in promoting social justice through this process. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Involving older people: lessons for community planning (summary)
- Authors:
- DEWAR Belinda, JONES Chris, O'MAY Fiona
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Involving older people: lessons for community planning
- Authors:
- DEWAR Belinda, JONES Chris, O'MAY Fiona
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Aging in the shadow of the law: the case of elder guardianship in Israel
- Author:
- DORON Israel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 16(4), 2004, pp.59-77.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Historically, the frail elderly, as well as other vulnerable populations who are unable to care for themselves, have been subject to legal proceedings known as guardianships. Despite changes and reforms, adult guardianship law has survived as a fundamental legal institution aimed at protecting the frail elderly as well as other incompetent adults. However, very little is known on the reality of adult guardianship under Israeli law, and the experience of the adult population under guardianship was never empirically studied in Israel. The empirical void regarding the workings of the Israeli law in this area served as the impetus for this study. The study investigated the issue of adult and elder guardianship in Israel as revealed in Family Law Courts' rulings, while focusing in particular on the profile of the wards, the reasons and motives, the legal procedure, and the outcome of the guardianship process. The study was a quantitative analysis, based on a random sample that included 523 court cases requesting legal guardianship for adults due to impaired legal competence. Rulings on these cases were provided in Family Courts from Haifa, Nazareth, and the Krayot areas in the period of the years 2000-2002. A clear but somber picture emerges from the findings of this study: Every year thousands of elderly individuals are subjected to the plenary legal authority of guardians appointed by law. This severe legal outcome takes place without providing these elderly the right to express their positions, without the provision of legal representation, and without their being seen or heard by the courts. These findings lead to the conclusion that there is urgent need in Israel to carry out extensive reform in the realm of civil legislation on the issue of guardianship for adults and the elderly. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Protecting human participants in long-term care research: the role of state law and policy
- Author:
- KAPP Marshall B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 16(3), 2004, pp.13-33.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
There has been substantial recent activity addressed at the challenge of protecting the rights and welfare of vulnerable human participants in various kinds of research protocols, on one hand, without unduly impeding the conduct of research that promises findings that may substantially improve health and quality of life for many beneficiaries of research, on the other. Many of the emerging recommendations for improved participant protection are relevant to, and in some cases explicitly targeted at, vulnerable older persons, including long-term, chronically dependent nursing home and home health patients, who may be approached by investigators. Thus far, virtually all of the discussion and recommendations regarding research participant protection pertain to possible legal and policy changes at the federal level. Yet, both current federal law and emerging policy recommendations defer, either expressly or by default through their silence, on some very important matters about research participation, especially regarding informed consent, determinations of decisional capacity, and surrogate decision-making authority, to the laws of individual states. This article analyzes and interweaves recommendations regarding the role of state law and public policy in protecting older persons who are or may become participants in long-term care research projects. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Nursing home litigation and tort reform: a case for exceptionalism
- Authors:
- STUDDERT David M., STEVENSON David G.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(5), October 2004, pp.588-595.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The medical malpractice crisis that is currently spreading across the United States bears many similarities to earlier crises. One novel aspect of the current crisis is the explicit inclusion of litigation against nursing homes as a target of reform. Encouraged by the nursing home industry, policymakers are considering the extension of conventional medical malpractice tort reforms to the nursing home sector. In this article, we caution against such an approach. Nursing home litigation has a number of distinctive features that raise serious questions about the wisdom of implementing reforms generically across the care continuum. Drawing on findings from our previous study of nursing home litigation, the authors outline these features and argue for careful attention to them as policymakers evaluate options for reform.