This article argues that time has come to move forward from the study of ageism, and the promotion of "active aging" policies, into the development of new ideology of age and aging: AGEIVISM. The article tries to define "ageivism" and to provide foundations for the argument

In view of the growing need to address the rights of older people as consumers, this study captures the perceptions and meanings that older people attribute to their experiences as older consumers, particularly regarding consumer fraud, using qualitative-phenomenological methodology based on...

Background: the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is considered by many to be the most important judicial institution of the European Union today. Despite the potential importance and relevance of the ECJ rulings to the lives and rights of older Europeans, no research has attempted to analyse or...

Elder Law in Israel is still in its initial stages of development. While some signs of awareness to its potential contribution to Israel's aging population are evident, there has not been a complete and coherent approach to the relationship between law and elders' rights in Israel. The goal of...

In 1992, Ontario completely changed its adult guardianship laws and enacted three novel pieces of legislation: the Consent to Treatment Act; the Substitute Decision Act; and the Advocacy Act (a change that was finalized in 1996 when the Advocacy Act was repealed and the Consent to Treatment Act...

Aims: To explore the unique aspects of the elder self-neglect phenomenon and to achieve phenomenological understanding of self-neglect through the eyes of self-neglecting elders. Method: A qualitative study based on a sample of 16 self-neglecting elders. Data collection was performed through...