Towards human rights in residential care for older persons : international perspectives

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Notes on contributors = vii
• Introduction / Helen Meenan ; Nicola Rees ; Israel Doron = 1
• 1 Human rights and residential care for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa : case study of Kenya / Isabella Aboderin ; Cecilia Mbaka ; Carolyne Egesa ; Hilda Akinyi Owii = 13
• 2 What's new in the residential care of the elderly in the Arab and Islamic world? The case of Egypt / Mohamed A. Arafa = 23
• 3 Human rights and residential care for older persons - an Australian perspective / Sue Field = 46
• 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 ; Andy H. Y. Ho ; Hao Luo ; Jun Fang Wang ; Ying Wang ; Terry Y. S. Lum = 66
• 5 The residential care of older people in England and the special relevance of dignity and human rights / Helen Meenan = 85
• 6 In search of rights in a paternalistic environment : the Israeli experience of regulating residential care for older persons / Israel Doron = 126
• 7 Human rights and residential care for older people in Japan / Takashi Amano ; Naoki Ikegami ; Tomoaki Ishibashi = 145
• 8 Residential care in the United States : a persistent struggle for quality, dignity and independence / Richard J. Mollot[JD] = 167
• 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 / Haris Kountouros ; Nicola Rees = 185
• Conclusion : from `residential care' to `ageing with dignity' / Israel Doron ; Nicola Rees ; Helen Meenan = 211
• Index = 226