ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the moral duty of the ethically accountable healthcare organization to provide for normative stakeholders across the life continuum by examining the vulnerability of older persons and persons with disabilities. It begins with the demographic profile of the aged stakeholder population and their contextual vulnerability considering ageism biases and unique health needs. Those with authority must recognize their interdependent relationships with older persons and their obligations to enable them to flourish. Hence, this chapter presents justification for accountable healthcare organizations to address long-term care according to the ethics of care model of person-focused, compassionate concern for the values that matter most to this stakeholder group. The remainder of this chapter focuses on the healthcare profession's obligation to enhance the lives of those with disabilities by creating enabling environments within which they can flourish. It illustrates the relationship between disability and human dignity and explores what it means to be human and to have a good life considering relevant evolutionary and religious interpretations. By imparting a culture of disability ethics, the ethically accountable organization can help to reverse ableism biases and its effects.
