Los derechos del adulto mayor desde un enfoque de derechos humanos

Abstract

At the international level, there has been a systematic concern for the safeguarding of human life based on the consideration of the rights related to their safety and the enjoyment of life in dignified conditions. In the case of older adults, the vulnerability of the upper and last age of life, when there has already been a decline in the capacities and functionality of the organism; It causes a special condition that requires special attention so that situations of discrimination or lack of protection do not occur. This work, which constitutes an interpretive-based research, is in charge of analyzing how Ecuadorian legislation projects the consideration of the human rights of older adults from the review of current regulations, for which it considers the use of methods of a nature theoretical as the synthetic analytic and deductive inductive, complemented with documentary analysis. As conclusions, the characteristics of the attention to the rights of the elderly in Ecuadorian legislation, their potentialities and limitations, are specified, making recommendations aimed at their improvement and the eradication of any type of discrimination based on age.