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Ageism and the law [electronic resource] : emerging concepts and practices in housing and health : final report / prepared by Charmaine Spencer.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 electronic text (iv, 94 p.) : digital file.
- Publisher: [Toronto, Ont.] : Law Commission of Ontario, [2009]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Cover title. Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Introduction -- A. Who is an older adult? -- B. Aging: the Canadian success story -- C. Aging: the diversity story -- Gender is important -- Diversity in people, income and education. Part II. Ageism: Concepts and Theories -- A. What is meant by ageism? -- B. What is the context of ageism? -- C. Ageism and society -- Ageism, power and contribution -- Manifestations of ageism -- D. Age, ageism and the law -- E. Ageism and the international stage. Part III. Theoretical and economic approaches to understanding ageism -- A. Feminist legal theory -- B. Critical race theory -- C. Disability and aging theory -- D. Mental health theory -- E. Ageism, economics and ideology. Part IV. The Search for Guiding Principles. Part V. Examples of Ageism in Law, Policy, and Practice -- A. Ageism and health law, policy and practice -- Structural ageism -- Ageism in specific areas of health care -- Ageism and home care -- Ageism and alternative levels of care -- Ageism, health care and marginalized groups -- Advance care planning -- Ageism, quality of life and end of life -- Reasons for ageism in health care -- B. Ageism in the context of housing law -- Understanding the general circumstances in rental housing in Ontario -- Ageism in the context of housing policy -- Types of rental housing used by seniors -- Opportunities for ageism in housing. Part VI. Access to Justice -- A. The general issues -- B. Information sources -- C. Complexity of the law -- D. Legally sanctioned power imbalances -- E. The issue of time -- F. Limited jurisdictions of ombudsman and coroner -- G. Nondisclosure of rights and lack of effective recourse -- H. Seeking remedies: ageism in the context of human rights law -- The problem of under inclusion in human rights law -- Potential underinclusion in disability -- The problem of intersecting identities -- The burden of responsibility -- System changes: human rights law. Part VII. Conclusion. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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