Abstract
Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) play a significant role in the national health and care systems for people aged 65 years and older in many industrialised countries. There have been concerns over the human rights situation of older people living in them, with COVID-19 highlighting the precarity of human rights protection for this group of people and the devastating effects of multiple disadvantages and ‘institutionalisation’ on rights. In this chapter, we propose a relationship-centred framework to inform how human rights could play a prominent role in the day-to-day lives of people working, living and visiting LTCFs based on a feminist conceptualisation of human rights. Within this conceptualisation we recognise LTCFs as relational spaces in which the identities of the people living and working in them create dynamics and experiences of intersectional disadvantage. In the light of this framework, we summarise common human rights concerns relating to LTCFs for older people.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing |
| Editors | Sue Westwood, Nancy Knauer |
| Place of Publication | Cheltenham |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Limited |
| Pages | 187–199 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2024 |
