United Nations Principles for Older Persons

ADOPTED

16 December 1991

General Assembly resolution 46/91

We older people have rights! This document has been around for over 30 years and I have just discovered it.

These rights cover these categories:

We are lucky in Canada that all levels of Government support these principles - in principal at least.

Here is the web site with eighteen principles.

I guess the politically correct term now for anyone getting on in years is "older person".

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