Tomlinson-Online - Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

The Editors of the volume, together with expert contributors from Australasia, Canada, Europe, UK, US, and elsewhere, adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, society and ageing to improve understanding on key issues in these fields. Organised thematically, chapters examine issues such as law, ageing and human rights; specialist legal services for older people; work and pensions; access to justice; health and wellbeing; care and support. Written in an accessible style, the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing recognises diversity amongst older people and their various social contexts, showcasing debates on how these complexities should be addressed. Broad in scope and including contributions from a wide range of social, legal, gerontological, health, social welfare and social work disciplines, this Research Handbook is invaluable for scholars and practitioners in law, health, and social care. Activists and those interested in advocating for the rights of older people will also find the wide-ranging topics to be highly informative.

Contents 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing 1 Sue Westwood and Nancy J. Knauer PART I LAW, AGEING AND INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS 2 An international convention on the rights of older people? 12 Joan R. Harbison 3 The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons – a step towards an international convention on the rights of older people? 28 Angela Arenas Massa 4 The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa 44 Rachel Murray 5 Age discrimination laws in the EU 61 Elaine Dewhurst 6 Older women’s rights in international law 77 Sue Westwood PART II SPECIALIST LEGAL SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE 7 The development of ‘elder law’ in the United States 95 Nancy J. Knauer 8 Elder Law: a critique and some suggestions 112 Ann Numhauser-Henning 9 The Association of Lifetime Lawyers (Formerly Solicitors for the Elderly): Its Origins, Development and Key Areas of Practice in Relation to Older People 125 Michael Culver and Lakshmi Turner 10 Legal implications of living to 100 and beyond 141 Anne L. Alstott PART III LAW, AGEING, SPACE AND PLACE 11 Equality issues relating to older people, transnational care and global care chains 156 Heli Askola and Loretta Baldassar 12 Older people and housing precarity: socio-legal perspectives 170 Caroline Hunter and Helen Carr 13 Long-term care facilities for older people: human rights concerns 187 Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green and Jill Manthorpe 14 Virtual spaces: ageism on social media – representations, reinforcement and resistance 200 Brad A. Meisner, Deanna Vervaecke and Matthew Le 15 Climate change, older people and the law 216 Liat Ayalon PART IV LAW, AGEING, WORK AND PENSIONS 16 Ageism as an institutional push factor for retirement: the need for cultural and organisational change 231 Martine Lagacé, Caroline D. Bergeron, Philippe Rodrigues-Rouleau and Marie Dominique Antoine 17 Gendered ageism and disablism and employment of older workers 247 Joanne Song Mclaughlin and David Neumark 18 Older women workers, the pandemic, employment discrimination and lifetime disadvantage 265 Susan Bisom-Rapp 19 Menopause discrimination at work: comparing the law in the United States and United Kingdom 281 Naomi Cahn, Bridget Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman 20 Older women and comparative pension inequalities in the UK and US 298 Athina Vlachantoni PART V LAW, AGEING AND JUSTICE 21 Older people and access to justice 311 Joe Duffy, Katherine C. Pearson and Subhajit Basu 22 Constructions of vulnerability in relation to older victims of crime 326 Kevin J. Brown and Faith Gordon 23 Sexual violence against older women 341 Laura Tarzia and Catherine Barrett 24 Intimate partner violence among older LGBTQ+ adults 357 Jennifer Hillman and Brenda Russell 25 Defining, understanding and preventing homicide-suicide among older adults 373 Laura M. Schwab-Reese and Amy A. Hunter 26 Older people in prison 388 Helen Codd PART VI LAW, AGEING, HEALTH AND WELLBEING 27 A global examination of law and the abuse of older people 403 Erica C.R. Costello 28 Older people, health inequality and the right to health 420 Barbara Mikołajczyk and Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska 29 Age-related dementia and the law: the challenges of mental capacity and equality 435 Alex Ruck Keene and Annabel Price 30 Older people and advance care planning 450 John Lombard 31 Older people and assisted dying 463 Barbara A. Reich 32 Older people and assistive technologies: a human rights approach 476 Belinda Bennett PART VII LAW, AGEING, CARE AND SUPPORT 33 Older people and filial support laws 489 Katherine C. Pearson 34 European Union law, care and ageing 504 Eugenia Caracciolo Di Torella and Annick Masselot 35 Older people, care concerns and an ethic of care 518 Sue Westwood and Lizzie Ward 36 Older people and human rights violations in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of ageism and the case of care homes 534 Sarah Donnelly and Alisoun Milne 37 Older LGBTQ+ people and the equality/human rights implications of inequalities in older age health/social care provision 549 Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Christine Cocker 38 Ethical issues in the use of robots for the care of older people 564 Amanda Sharkey and Noel Sharkey