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Meeting care needs in the community: Help the Aged policy statement 2007
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Help the Aged policy statement on meeting care needs in the community through health services and local authorities, and their role in actively promoting the increased independence and quality of life in older age.
Independent advocacy with older people: a national conference hosted by the Older people's Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL), 25 July 2002
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Advocacy services must be defined in terms of their scope and purpose and be based upon appropriately trained and supported personnel, whether voluntary or paid. As an essential first step, these advocacy services must be available to all older people who are: at the point of discharge from hospital; directly affected by a change in the management or running of their care service; at the point of accessing continuing care and community care services; at the point of being assessed for continuing care and community care services; and at all reviews affecting care services in hospital and in the community.
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.
The Human Rights Act: what are the implications for older people?; a Help the Aged seminar at Westminster on 13th September 2000
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes a Help the Aged seminar held at Westminster on the thirteenth of September, 2000. Delegates agreed on the need for a greater awareness of the provisions of the Human Rights Act, and extensive training with specific guidelines for those working with older people. Topics addressed included; key concepts; implications of the Act; how the Act can help in practical situations; the role of Help the Aged.