ABSTRACT
This chapter examines issues concerning bodily autonomy of older people and children and the use of restrictive practices in aged care and youth detention settings in Australia. Working within the broad theme of advancing agency, choice, and dignity in institutional environments, we examine the reasons for existing failures to uphold people's right to bodily autonomy. We examine whether the law supports people in these settings at either end of the lifespan, what is the impact of the failure to uphold the right to bodily autonomy. As such the aim of the chapter is modest – we seek to observe and identify commonalities with a view to further exploration and research in this area.
