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Real choice, real voice: older people in control
- Author:
- BERNARD Caroline
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Counsel and Care, the national charity for older people, their families and carers has published this paper looking at how care services can be re-shaped to ensure better services for older people. It discusses the role of the third sector in delivering services and examines how organisations from all sectors, can better meet the needs and aspirations of older people.
Achieving age equality in health and social care
- Author:
- BERNARD Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 17(1), 2013, pp.19-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the Achieving Age Equality Toolkit, to give the background to its development, and to advise readers of the ways in which it has already been successful in the health and social care arena. Design/methodology/approach – The subject of this paper is the ban on age discrimination in goods and services that came into force on 1 October 2012. The objectives of the paper are achieved by setting out the policy context, and by detailing how the age equality recommendations were made through an independent review. Findings – Older people have different experiences of health and social care services, but most want to be able to access support when they need it. Age as a barrier to treatment and screening in areas such as mental health and cancer continue to give cause for concern. Organisations need to ensure they are working in an “age equal” way across services. Research limitations/implications – Implications for further research could include an assessment of the extent of “institutional ageism” in services after the ban on age discrimination in goods and services on 1 October 2012. Practical implications – The article illustrates through case studies how use of the toolkit enables one organisation to better identify where changes are needed towards embedding anti age discrimination practice. Social implications – As well as obeying legal requirements, ending age discrimination in health and social care requires a change in hearts and minds towards encouraging society to think differently about the ways in which older people are supported by health and social care services. Originality/value – Since the review, there have been repeated cases of age discrimination in goods and services, illustrating the need for change. (Publisher abstract)
Delivering a sure start to later life: exploring new models of neighbourhood services for older people
- Authors:
- BURKE Stephen, BERNARD Caroline, MORRIS Marie
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The project explored three models, and identified good practice examples in each: extra care sheltered housing – where schemes act as a ‘hub’ of services for scheme residents and the local community; children’s centres – to explore the potential of using Sure Start children’s centres as intergenerational schemes including older people; neighbourhood watch schemes – identifying examples of projects that address crime and the fear of crime, which has a detrimental effect on the quality of older people’s lives. The project also looked at the views of older people themselves, and discovered how they accessed local services, and how they related to the Sure Start to Later Life concept.