Older Persons' Rights to Social Protection, Safety and Participation

Everyone has a right to social protection including access to social security and a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of themselves and their families. Among the issues that fall within the umbrella of this chapter are the rights of older persons to an adequate standard of living including food, housing and investment in age-friendly infrastructures for cities and rural areas; income and social security including access to healthcare and related support services (e.g., geriatric services); access to work and productive resources; participation in political, cultural, educational and community activities; and a safe and secure living environment including protection from financial exploitation and other forms of elder mistreatment, violence and neglect. Social protection overlaps with other issues and topics related to older persons' civil and human rights including eradication of poverty; caregiving and strategies for providing affordable high-quality long-term care; and elder law and access to justice. Social protection is not only important for older persons, but also for their family members and the rights and aspirations of older persons on this topic are aligned with those of other vulnerable groups within society including children and disabled persons and all persons who suffer from the adverse impacts of discrimination and exclusion.

This book was written by Alan S. Gutterman, whose prolific output of practical guidance for legal and financial professionals, entrepreneurs and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace. His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is an online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters' Westlaw, the world's largest legal content platform, which includes almost 200 book-length modules covering the entire lifecycle of a business. Alan has also authored or edited over 100 books on sustainable entrepreneurship, leadership and management, business transactions, international business and technology management for a number of publishers including Thomson Reuters, Practical Law, Kluwer, Oxford, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing and BNA. Alan has extensive experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions and strategic business alliances, and has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company. He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Berkeley Law, Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, teaching classes on corporate finance, venture capital and law and economic development, He has also launched and oversees projects relating to sustainable entrepreneurship and civil and human rights of older persons. He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge. For more information about Alan and his activities, please contact him directly at alangutterman@gmail.com, follow him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangutterman/) and visit his website at alangutterman.com.