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and emotional well-being and to prevent or
delay the onset of illness.
12. Older persons should have access to
social and legal services to enhance their
autonomy, protection and care.
13. Older persons should be able to utilize
appropriate levels of institutional care
providing protection, rehabilitation and
social and mental stimulation in a humane
and secure environment.
14. Older persons should be able to enjoy
human rights and fundamental freedoms
when residing in any shelter, care or
treatment facility, including full respect for
their dignity, beliefs, needs and privacy and
for the right to make decisions about their
care and the quality of their lives.
Self-fulfilment
15. Older persons should be able to pursue
Older persons should have access to the educational,
cultural, spiritual and recreational resources of society opportunities for the full development of
capacities. their potential.
6. Older persons should be able to reside at 16. Older persons should have access to
home for as long as possible. the educational, cultural, spiritual and
Participation recreational resources of society.
7. Older persons should remain integrated Dignity
in society, participate actively in the 17. Older persons should be able to live
formulation and implementation of policies in dignity and security and be free of
that directly affect their well-being and share exploitation and physical or mental abuse.
their knowledge and skills with younger 18. Older persons should be treated fairly
generations. regardless of age, gender, racial or ethnic
8. Older persons should be able to seek and background, disability or other status, and
develop opportunities for service to the be valued independently of their economic
community and to serve as volunteers in contribution.
positions appropriate to their interests and
capabilities.
9. Older persons should be able to form
movements or associations of older persons.
Care
10. Older persons should benefit from
family and community care and protection
in accordance with each society’s system of
cultural values.
11. Older persons should have access to
health care to help them to maintain or
Older persons should be able to enjoy human rights and
regain the optimum level of physical, mental fundamental freedoms when residing in any shelter
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