The article aims to provide a survey of the current situation with human rights of senior people in Ukraine, based on the legal analysis and sociological overview. The questionnaire for the overview was built to show the level of seniors’ knowledge about their rights and possible ways of protection, level seniors’ human rights infringement and awareness about possible remedies in case of infringement. The sample of the sociological overview includes 1 379 persons. The interviews were done by students under the supervision of the authors of this paper in the framework of GRAGE Horizon 2020 project. Sample analysis and calibration resulted in 1 159 valid respondents’ forms. The Gender structure of the responses constitutes 39 % women and 61 % men. The group includes people from 60 years old and older, including long-livers (90+). Seven main questions were put to the interviewed: Do you know which rights and benefits do older persons have in Ukraine? Do you know any NGOs or societies, which deal with older person’s rights protection? Do you meet information about older person’s rights in newspapers or TV programs? Have you ever been discriminated on the basis of your age (in the sphere of employment, credits, insurance etc.)? Have you ever experienced physical or psychological violence because of your age (from your relatives, social workers, and other people)? Which rights of older persons are the most violated? Do you know where to appeal in your city in case of your (as older person) rights are violated? The results of such analysis are represented in diagrams and show the real picture of seniors’ rights protection in Ukraine and proper ways of its improvement. Two main rights of elderly which are the subject of violation are the right to proper material support (low level of pensions) and the right to medical care (low level of healthcare support). But one of the main problems of seniors’ rights protection in Ukraine is the low level of elderly knowledge about their rights, ways of protection and possible remedies in the case of infringement. The authors provide their view on the reforming approaches to increase the life level of elderly in Ukraine based on the current development of European practice and achievements of GRAGE Horizon 2020 project. This work was supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie (grant no. 645706 (Project GRAGE). This paper reflects only the authors’ view and the REA is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. 

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1. Principles for older persons (UN DESA) 
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2. European Social Charter accessed 15 May 2018 (in English). 
3. Universal Declaration on Human Rights accessed 15 May 2018 (in English). 
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