Policy Tools
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Final Report – April 2012
"The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has created a Framework for the Law as it Affects Older Adults to help evaluate new or existing laws, policies and practices and understand their impact on older adults. The LCO’s Framework for the Law as it Affects Older Adults can be of assistance to anyone who develops, interprets, implements or assesses laws, policies or practices that may affect older persons."
For more information, see the Law Commission of Ontario.
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December 2009
"This policy is the outcome of extensive research and consultation on issues of discrimination faced by older persons in Ontario."
For more information, please see: The Ontario Human Rights Commission
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January 2009
"The British Columbia Law Institute was retained by the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support, on behalf of the BC Adult Abuse and Neglect Prevention Collaborative, to conduct an international review (1) the laws governing capability for decision-making which currently inform guardianship practice, and (2) the existing body of policies, protocols and guidelines that inform capability assessment. As part of this contract the BCLI produced a final report that includes an inter-disciplinary best practices tool to guide practitioners working in health care, medicine, law and criminal justice who deal with adults with capability issues."
For more information, please see: Canadian Centre for Elder Law
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October 2008
"The Prevention of Elder Abuse Policy and Program LENS was developed by the Prevention of Elder Abuse Working Group. This draft document outlines the purpose of the Policy and Program LENS...and states who the intended users are and how they can apply and implement this lens."
For more information, please see: Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
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"The policy framework is intended to inform discussion and the formulation of action plans that promote healthy and active ageing. The main sections of the publication are: Global ageing: a triumph and a challenge; Active ageing: the concept and rationale; The determinants of active ageing: understanding the evidence; Challenges of an ageing population; The policy response."
For more information, please see: World Health Organization
