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Improving access to adult vaccination: a tool for healthy ageing
- Authors:
- SCRUTTON Jonathan, SINCLAIR David, WALKER Trinley
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 18(2), 2014, pp.58-66.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how access to vaccination for older people in the UK can be both improved and used as a tool for healthy ageing. Design/methodology/approach: ILC-UK released a report “Adult Immunisation in the UK”, which applied a UK perspective to a 2013 Supporting Active Ageing Through Immunisation (SAATI) report on immunisation. The ILC report combined the SAATI findings with a traditional literature review, a policy review incorporating grey literature and the outcomes of a focus group discussion. This paper highlights the key findings of the ILC-UK report. Findings: Vaccination needs to be included as part of proactive strategies to promote healthy and active ageing. Initiatives need to be explored that increase the rate of delivery of vaccinations. Barriers to the vaccination of health and social care professionals working with older people need to be removed. The government should explore using psychological insights into human behaviour to improve the take-up of vaccinations amongst adults. The range of settings where older people can receive vaccination needs to be expanded. Information on the potential benefits of immunisation should be made readily available and easily accessible to older people. Practical implications: The paper calls for a structural shift in how vaccination services in the UK are organised. Social implications: The paper calls for a cultural shift in how society views immunisation and the role it has to play in the healthy ageing process. Originality/value: The paper uses new European research on immunisation and applies it to the UK's situation. (Publisher abstract)
Making our communities ready for ageing: a call to action
- Authors:
- SINCLAIR David, WATSON Jessica
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 59
- Place of publication:
- London
A report from ILC-UK and Age UK, taking a futures perspective on how communities need to adapt to an ageing society. It focuses on three main themes: the home as a place that supports older people’s ability to engage in the community; space and services including transport between the home and the broader community as an opportunity to encourage engagement; and communities that offer the services and activities that an ageing society demands. The report sets out an ideas bank with practical suggestions around each theme, highlighting the importance of supporting walking and cycling in old age, the need to ensure housing is adaptable to an ageing society and supporting the creation of shared facilities for fun and play. More specifically, the report sets out a ten point action plan for local authorities, which includes: maximising and recognising the social and economic value of older people; recognising the need to plan and build appropriate housing; encouraging generations to come together in accessible and attractive community centres; maintaining and keeping open public toilets and/ or incentivising businesses to open up their facilities as a public resource; ensuring that built environments and public spaces are designed to be safe, convenient, and enjoyable to walk and cycle in, and that journeys are accessible from doorstep to destination; breaking down safeguarding barriers that currently prevent generations working together; and planning for ageing to ensure transport, housing and community development plans recognise the demographic changes ahead. (Edited publisher abstract)