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Older Persons General Policies, Laws, Strategies & Plans and service standards

This section contains general policies, plans, laws and service standards around older persons. By general we mean a policies, plans, law or service standards which cover more than two or three big areas or domains, for example eg. a older person policy, plan or law that covers health, housing, pensions, human rights etc.

This section does not include older person policies, plans and laws which are focused on just one specific area/domain, such as pensions or housing for example.

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Ley Especial del Anciano (Special Law for the Elderly)

National Congress; Ecuador (1991)

Decreto-Lei no. 391/91 (Decree-Law no. 391/91)

Portugal; Ministry of Employment and Social Security (1991)

Portugal, Disability Legislation

Ley 3/1990 del Consejo Aragonés de las Personas Mayores (Law 3/1990 of the Council for Older Persons of Aragon)

Government of Aragon; Spain (1990)

Ley 121 de la Carta de Derechos de la Persona de Edad Avanzada (Law 121 of Rights for Persons with Advanced Age)

La Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico (1986)

United States » Puerto Rico

Bundesgesetz über die berufliche Alters-, Hinterlassenen- und Invalidenvorsorge, Loi fédérale sur la prévoyance professionnelle vieillesse, survivants et invalidité, Legge federale sulla previdenza professionale per la vecchiaia, i superstiti e l'invalidità (Federal Law on retirement, survivors and disability)

Swiss Confederation (1982)

Heimgesetz (Federal law on residential facilities)

Government of Germany (1974)

Germany, Older Person Disability policies/plans/legislations and service standards, Disability Legislation

Aged Persons Act 81 of 1967

Government of the Republic of South Africa (1967)

Bundesgesetz über die Alters- und Hinterlassenenversicherung, Loi fédérale sur l'assurance-vieillesse et survivants,Legge federale su l'assicurazione per la vecchiaia e per i superstiti (Federal Law on elderly and survivors' insurance)

Swiss Confederation (1946)

Politique Vieillir et vivre ensemble chez-soi, dans sa communauté, au Québec (Aging and Living Together At Home, in One’s Community, in Québec)

Ministry of Health and Social Services; Ministry of Family and the Elderly; Government of Quebec

Canada » Quebec

Regolamento - Interventi a favore di anziani e persone con disabilità non autosufficienti residenti in territorio che si avvalgono dell' assistenza private (Regulations - Interventions for seniors and people with disabilities that are not self-sufficient, who reside in the area and make use of private care)

San Marino

San Marino, Disability Legislation

NSW Ageing Strategy

NSW Government; Department of Family and Community Services Office for Ageing

Australia, Australia » New South Wales

Information and good ractice for the public consultation on the rights of the older person.

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia; Malaysian Government

Programas de Promocion del Envejecimiento Activo (Active Aging Promotion Programmes)

Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality; Spain

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