Climate Change and Mental Health of Older Persons: A Human Rights Imperative.

Journal: The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Volume: 29

Issue: 10

Year of Publication: 2021

Affiliated Institutions:  Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University (LA), Ramat Gan, Israel. Electronic address: liat.ayalon@biu.ac.il. Swansea University (NK), Swansea, Wales, UK; North-West University (NK), Vanderbijlpark, South Africa; University of Alberta (NK), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. University of Ottawa (KR), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract summary 

Climate change threatens the basic prerequisites for wellbeing, including clean air and water, food supply and the adequacy and security of shelter. Climate change is a powerful and ongoing presence in the lives of older persons, both creating and exacerbating vulnerabilities. The absence of a legally binding international instrument specifically protecting the human rights of older persons and minimal references to older persons in key international climate instruments attest to the lack of attention to and visibility of older persons in national and international law. There is a need to integrate the areas of older people and environmental sustainability to ensure that the rights of older people are preserved especially now, as the effects of the climate change crisis become more pronounced.

Authors & Co-authors:  Ayalon Liat L Keating Norah N Pillemer Karl K Rabheru Kiran K

Study Outcome 

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Authors :  4
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.015
SSN : 1545-7214
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Aged
Other Terms
Human rights;ageism;climate change;susceptibility
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England