Ageing Well in South Ayrshire: Realizing the Human Rights of Older Scots

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Explore the journey towards ageing well and human rights for older Scots with Dr. Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care. Discover the importance of social care, combating ageism, and embracing older age as a human right. Uncover the potential of holistic approaches and the essence of wellness, belonging, and citizenship in the context of ageing. Learn about the enabling role of social care in fostering independence and citizenship for individuals to flourish, all rooted in the core recognition of human dignity and moral worth.

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Ageing well in South Ayrshire: realising the human rights of older Scots. Dr Donald Macaskill CEO, Scottish Care

What is ageing well for me? What is social care? Owning up to ageism Older age as a human right The potential of holism

What is ageing well Wellness is individual it is not wholeness Citizenship Belonging Transport Access to services Adequacy of resource Having voice, place and opportunity.

social care as: The enabling of those who require support or care to achieve their full citizenship as independent and autonomous individuals. It involves the fostering of contribution, the achievement of potential, the nurturing of belonging to enable the individual person to flourish.

Human Rights have at their core the recognition that all human beings have an equal moral worth and inherent dignity.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world. Eleanor Roosevelt