El trabajo social promotor de los derechos humanos de las personas mayores

  1. Ana Belén Cuesta Ruiz Clavijo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Journal:
Humanismo y trabajo social

ISSN: 1696-7623

Year of publication: 2018

Issue: 18

Pages: 75-94

Type: Article

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to link human rights and social work in the care of the elderly. The main international instruments that address the rights of the elderly have been revised. Despite the existence of such rights, there are situations of ignorance and violation of these rights by this sector of the population. The functions of social work are presented as a key helping profession in the defence of the human rights of the elderly, both at micro social and macro social intervention levels.