Ley Especial del Anciano (Special Law for the Elderly)
National Congress; Ecuador
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Older Persons General Policies, Laws, Strategies & Plans and service standards
Ecuador
6 November 1991
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El objetivo fundamental de esta Ley es garantizar el derecho a un nivel de vida que asegure la salud corporal y psicológica, la alimentación, el vestido, la vivienda, la asistencia médica, la atención geriátrica y gerontológico integral y los servicios sociales necesarios para una existencia útil y decorosa.The main objective of this Act is to ensure the right to a standard of living that ensuress the physical and psychological health, food, clothing, housing, medical care, comprehensive geriatric and gerontological care and necessary social services to a useful and dignified existence.
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