Includes bibliographical references and index.

Elder lawyers make house calls - the case for advocacy and outreach -- Public policy for dependent older people in Ireland: review and reform -- Older people and the European Convention on Human Rights -- Social policy and a good life in old age -- The Law Reform's Commission's proposals on law and the older person -- The Law Reform Commission's proposals on legal capacity of older people -- Nursing home care and disability in Ireland: a biopsychosocial perspective -- Assisting clients and their families to plan for incapacity -- Wardship law and procedure -- Healthcare decisions: recognising the decision-making capacity of older people to consent to and to decline treatment -- Older people: consent, do not resuscitate orders and medical research -- Elder abuse - legal solutions -- Older people in Irish Mental Health Law -- Age discrimination and Irish equality law -- The Ombudsman: redressing the balance for older people -- Deficiencies of the law relating to care for older people -- The long stay care crisis: a case study in policy failure -- The separation of powers and constitutional egalitarianism after the Health (amendment)(No. 2) Bill reference -- Responsibility for the costs of institutional long-term care: a comparative perspective -- The nature and limits of claims to recover unlawful health charges -- The health bill fiasco: thirty years of doublethink -- Law and practice from the perspective of older people.

CIT Module SOCI 7008 - Supplementary reading