Older People and Human Rights: A reference guide for professionals working with older people

This report provides practical information for professionals working with older people about using human rights in their work, and illustrates the relevance of national and international human rights legislation to older people’s issues. This report is the product of research into existing evidence of the human rights issues affecting older people in the UK and their engagement with human rights. The first edition of this report was written in March 2009 to inform the Older People and Human Rights Project (see page 36). This second edition of the report has been updated to reflect factual changes and recent developments.

About the guide:
To provide practical information for professionals working with older people about using human rights in their work.
To illustrate the relevance of national and international human rights legislation to older people’s issues.
To provide a summary of existing evidence of human rights issues affecting older people in the UK.
To support the implementation of the Older People and Human Rights Project, a three-year partnership project between Age UK and the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), funded by Comic Relief.