Las Políticas de cuidado a la vejez en Argentina desde la perspectiva de los Derechos Humanos: El Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados (PAMI)

Abstract

Long-term care is considered a human right for Latin American and Caribbean countries, given that since 2015 the region has had the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Older Persons. Argentina ratified the convention in 2017 and gave it constitutional hierarchy in 2022. These policies in Argentina are mainly carried out by the National Institute of Social Services for Retired and Pensioners (PAMI), which has 5 million affiliated people of which 4.6 million are over 60 years old. At the end of 2019, these policies were prioritized by creating the Secretariat of Human Rights, Community Gerontology, Gender and Care Policies, with a Care Policies Management and three vice-managers (community care, institutional care and psychosocial support and care). Since then, not only has the coverage increased, but also the regulations have been changed to improve the quality of the services provided, framing them within the framework of the Human Rights set forth in the Convention.