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<br />1.3 <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />A Bill of Rights <br />for <br />Older Persons <br />Proposed -Sept 19, 2006 <br />Prenurble: Orange Coarrty citizens of all ages /rove the ultimate responsibility to be or become <br />self-reliant, to care for their fmuilies, m air! their neighbors and to plan prudent/y, for their old nge, <br />Older persons have Nre responsibility to nrnke availnGle to t/1e coruunrrr/ty the Genefrts of dreir <br />experience and knowledge. Society, be it through the institutions of the public or the private sector, <br />lrns the responsibility to assist citizens to be prepared for t/reir Inter years, as wel! ns to assist direct/y <br />other older persons rv/1o for one reason or another, cmnrot cope with the burden ojincrensing <br />p/{ysicnl, nrentnl, social and environmerrtnl debilities. <br />Therefore, tve, the Orange Cormty Board of Commissioners, subscribe to the following basic <br />lnnunn r/ghts,for older persons /u Orange County, Nortlr Cnrolinn bused orr,founr/ing principles ojorrr <br />state and nation. <br />I. The Rixlu To Freedom, hrrlenerulerrce Anr/ The Free Exercise OfLuliv/dual Lritint/ve <br />Ih T/ie Right To An Income In Retirerrrerrt W/rich Would Provide Arr Adequate Stnrulard <br />O Livia <br />III. The Right To Arr Opportunity For Enrploynrent Free Fro»r Discrinrinntory Practices <br />Because OfAQe <br />IV The Right To An Opnor&urity To Partic/pate Lr The Widest Range OfMemrinpful <br />Civic Educational RecreationnlAnd CulturalActivit/es <br />V, The Right To Suitable Horrsinx <br />VL The Right To The Sest Level Of P/rysicn! And Mentn! Henltb Services Needed <br />VII. The Right To Rendy Access To Effect/ve Socin! Services <br />VIII. The Right To Annroprinte Lrst/tutiona/ Cnre When Reardred <br />IX. The R/ght To A Life And Death Witlr Dixrrity <br />We, Nte Board of County Connu/ssioners, pledge the resources of Orange County to advocate <br />for these rights, for al( older persons regardless of race, color, creed, nge, ser, religion, sexrrn! <br />or/entntion or rrationnl origin, with the cunt/orr that the conrplerit/es of orrr society Ge nrorritored, to <br />assure t/rot the fn/fillnrerrt oJone right does not nrdl/fy the benefrts received as the resin! ojmrother <br />entitlenrenG We firrther dedicate t/re technology and lrrunmr ski/! of Orange County so tJmt later life will <br />Ge urnr/red in liberty with the realization of t/re prrrsnit of happiness. <br />Proposed adoption- November, 2006 <br />Adapted from the rederal Council on the Aging's Bicentennial Charter for Older Americans, January, 1976) <br />