A/HRC/45/14 4. Social protection and the right to work 69. The lack of age-disaggregated data to measure the social and economic well-being of older persons has long been considered a main reason for the lack of attention to and knowledge of the life circumstances of older persons within national development strategies and programmes. 70. Many national statistics relevant to the right of social protection and the right to work disaggregate data only until the age of 65. 48 For Labour Force Surveys, for instance, the disaggregation of indicators in a number of countries is cut off at the age of 65, 49 and persons beyond this age are often included in the inactive rather than the unemployed population, from the moment they reach the statutory retirement age. 50 Older persons who continue to work formally and informally beyond the legal retirement age and those who are not retired but unemployed are therefore not taken into account. This does not provide an accurate picture of the roles and contributions of older persons, and impedes the development of measures to address certain areas such as unemployment of older workers, which is growing due to the extension of working lives. 71. More information about discrimination in the labour market, incentives for working longer and statutory retirement ages is needed.51 Moreover, the reasons for which older persons leave the labour market have to be further exposed. Data on age-friendly practices and environments that enable older persons to extend their working lives are required in order to determine the changes needed at the level of regulatory, fiscal, education and other policies.52 5. Care 72. Indicators on long-term care are largely underdeveloped. 53 Whereas several countries collect information about access to care, there is a lack of knowledge about the quality of care. There is no data, for example, on the use of physical or chemical restraints, or on whether care recipients receive adequate support to participate in society and engage in social activities. Information about the level of training received by caregivers is also largely lacking.54 73. More information is required about the practices of care institutions and professional caregivers in the community that may impede the enjoyment by older persons of their human rights.55 Data on the right to maintain personal and family life is rarely included in surveys.56 74. Similarly, existing surveys do not adequately capture the degree of choice afforded by long-term care systems. 57 There is some evidence that persons are admitted to institutions without their consent.58 To understand whether there is meaningful freedom of 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 16 Economic Commission for Europe, Recommendations on Ageing-related Statistics, prepared by the Task Force on Ageing-related Statistics. See E/CN.3/2018/19. Economic Commission for Europe, Recommendations on Ageing-related Statistics, prepared by the Task Force on Ageing-related Statistics. Ibid. A/HRC/33/44, para. 61. HelpAge International, “How data systems leave older people behind”. Economic Commission for Europe, Recommendations on Ageing-related Statistics, prepared by the Task Force on Ageing-related Statistics. European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, We Have the Same Rights: The Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-term Care in Europe, available at http://ennhri.org/IMG/pdf/ ennhri_hr_op_web.pdf; and see www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29584865. Magdi Birtha et al., From Disability Rights towards a Rights-Based Approach to Long-term Care in Europe: Building an Index of Rights-Based Policies for Older People (Vienna, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, 2019). Ibid. European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, We Have the Same Rights: The Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-term Care in Europe; and see www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 29584865 and https://ageing-equal.org/human-rights-watch-guest-post/.