Older people in modern Ireland : essays on law and policy / edited by Eoin O'Dell.

Includes index.

Part 1: Law and Policy: General considerations: Elder lawyers make house calls - the case for increased 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 commission\'s proposals on legal capacity of older people--Nursing home care and disability in Ireland: A biopsychosical 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 situations--Older people in Irish mental health law--Age discrimination and Irish Equality law. Part 2: Current controversies. The Ombudsman: redressing the balance for older people--Deficiencies of the law relating to care for older people--The long stay crisis: A case study in policy failure--The seperation of powers and constitutional egalitarianism after the health )Amendment) (No.2) Bill reference--Responsibility for the costs of institutional long-term care--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--Subject Index.