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- Title
Opinion on the vulnerabilities of elderly people, especially of those who reside in institutions.
- Authors
National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences
- Abstract
The article discusses the vulnerabilities of older people, particularly of those who reside in the residential institution. Topics include the decline in people's available income due to the inability to address budgetary deficit and economic crisis, various factors that might contribute to the vulnerability of elderly including relocation, distance from relatives, and the releasing of their personal belongings and routines, and the increase of older population in Portugal.
- Subjects
SOCIAL conditions of older people; INSTITUTIONAL care of older people; RESIDENTIAL care; FINANCIAL crises &; society; INCOME &; society
- Publication
Jahrbuch für Wissenschaft und Ethik, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1, p303
- ISSN
1430-9017
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jwiet-2016-0119