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What do you expect at your age?: a Help the Aged conference on age discrimination, 17 March 2003
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This conference marked the first anniversary of the Help the Aged Scrap It! Campaign against age discrimination, a campaign that has exposed the devastating effects of age discrimination and the ways in which it deprives us all of the skills, talents and society of older people.
Stop pensioner poverty now: older people - ignored and forgotten
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Poverty comes in many different shapes and sizes. but by the government's own admission, and in spite of its claims of commitment to social justice, today's pensioners are very often poor not only in terms of the income they receive, and the quality of their neighbourhoods but also the opportunities available to them to take a full part in society. This document calls upon the government to match its publicly stated commitment to ending child poverty with similar energy on behalf of older people. Fundamental to this is the establishment of a decent universal basic state pension that will deliver basic needs. And there are also more focused reforms and initiatives that we believe will address some of the worst areas of pensioner poverty, that are urgently needed now. These are: bridging the huge gulf between entitlement and claim rates of pensioner benefits; radical improvement in the addition at age 80 to the weekly state pension, which currently stands at a derisory extra 25p: making work pay for poorest pensioners with a decisive increase in the earnings disregard, to £75 a week: ending, the indefensible anomaly whereby disability before age 65 brings a mobility benefit currently denied to those over the age of 65: preventing the scandal of over 20,000 winter deaths each year of older people that happen because we cannot manage the effects of winter cold: helping pensioners to take a fuller part in their neighbourhoods through initiatives such as improved street lighting and consistent free travel opportunities.
Winter matters
- Authors:
- BRITISH GAS, HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- British Gas
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 12p.
This report sets out to investigate the smallest worries and fears of older people living in Britain, covering issues from money to security to simply keeping warm. Four in 10 worry about being short of money, half fear falling ill, a third are anxious about keeping their homes warm, 60 per cent fear high bills and half worry about being burgled. The research also shows that older people are often ill-equipped to take preventative measures against the ravages of winter. The research reveals that 57 per cent don’t have cavity wall insulation and one in five have no loft insulation. Half the older people questioned are unsure they receive all the benefits they are entitled to. The degree to which pensioners can withstand the winter also varies greatly depending on their location.
Tackling older people's fear of crime: a report by the Help the Aged policy team
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Fear of crime can prevent older people leading fulfilled and independent lives, forcing many into isolation, prisoners in their own homes. In this publication, Help the Aged proposes a 10-point action plan for practitioners aimed at reducing both crime and the fear of crime.
Dignity on the ward: improving the experience of acute hospital care for older people with dementia or confusion; a pocket guide for hospital staff
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pocket guide developed by the Gerontological Nursing Programme of the Royal College of Nursing as part of a project commissioned by the Help the Aged Dignity on the Ward Campaign.
Challenge on care: paying for care is an issue of fundamental principle not financial expediency
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the arrangements for long term care in the UK today and presents some of the issues, including how it is to be paid for in the future, and the artificial divides between health and social care. Warns policy makers about selecting short term courses of action based on financial expediency alone. Offers an approach based on providing good care on a fair basis.
Waiting for change: how the NHS is responding to the needs of older people
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Age Concern; Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report by Age UK (formerly Age Concern) describes how the NHS, politicians and health professionals are failing to prioritise issues which older patients most value. The report focuses on the needs of the over 80s, and concluded that this group have a clear idea of what they want from health services, but all too often this is not delivered. Current NHS targets and performance indicators fail to adequately address the issues that matter most to older people. Findings indicate that face to face and flexible appointments with health professionals they know and trust and better coordination of care are among those things older people want from community-based healthcare. The study also highlighted the importance placed on social aspects of healthcare, particularly for those older people who are isolated in their own homes. The study also identified privacy, good relationships with staff and retaining choice and control over daily routines to be vital for positive patient experience, within hospital settings. The report stresses how these needs are not always met. Recent Government figures show that 47 percent of inpatients said that they were not, or only partially, involved as much as they wanted to be in decisions about their care and treatment in hospital.
Prevention in practice: service models, methods and impact
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Age Concern; Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report demonstrates the range of outcomes that are possible for older people through the provision of high quality preventive services. It describes some of the range of services provided by Age Concern across England. For each service the report details: the scope; benefits to users; relevance to relevant targets; outputs and outcomes; evaluation; sustainability and costs; contact details. The services are presented in four sections. The first section, 'the right information and advice at the most appropriate time', includes a Community Advocacy Service and a Housing Options Service. 'Practical support services' comprises of a Handyperson Service, a HomeShopping Service and a Transport Access People Service. Projects in the 'support to remain as independent as possible, and to continue participating and contributing section' include: Activity Centres; DaisyFresh Home Bathing Service; Men in Sheds Project; Nordic Walking; Opening Doors - supporting Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Communities in Central London. The final section, 'support at difficult times and for carers' covers Talking Therapies, the Time Out Respite Service and a Befriending Service.
Direct payments direct control: enabling older people to manage their own care
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of the seminar on direct payments organised by Help the Aged. The organisation is concerned that many authorities do not run direct payment schemes, while others have schemes for disabled young people but have not extended them to older people. From April 2002 authorities will have the obligation to provide these services.
Nothing personal: rationing social care for older people
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 112p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Local authorities are rationing social services in an effort to manage limited services. The strategies include waiting lists eligibility criteria and charging for home care services. As a result social services departments can help only the most dependant people. This book looks at the ways in which chronic underfunding of social care is undermining the original intentions of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990.