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Protecting elderly people: flaws in ageist arguments
- Author:
- RIVLIN Michael M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 6.5.95, 1995, pp.1179-1182.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Some form of rationing is necessary in medicine, and to use age as a criterion for rationing seems initially appealing. Many of the criteria currently being used for deciding the distribution of funds depend on subjective judgments. Age, however, is objective and therefore negates the need for value judgments. Justice and fairness, it is sometimes suggested, require that finite resources should be directed at young people, who have not had a chance to live their lives, rather than at elderly people, who have already lived most of theirs. The adoption of ageist policies, however, may not result in the implied savings unless care is also withdrawn. Furthermore, ageist policies, which deny elderly people treatment on the sole grounds of their age, age both unfair and discriminatory and should therefore be resisted.
Older people and community care: critical theory and practice
- Author:
- HUGHES Beverley
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Sets social and health care for older people in the context of community care and organisational trends towards a market culture. Also addresses issues of race and gender in service provision for 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)
Improving services and support for older people with mental health problems: executive summary
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the second and final report of the UK Inquiry into Mental Health and Well-Being in Later Life. The Inquiry was launched in late 2003 as a result of concern that mental health in later life is a much neglected area. The range of mental health problems experienced in later life is very wide, including depression, anxiety, delirium (acute confusion), dementia, schizophrenia and other severe mental health problems, and alcohol and drug misuse. This report presents a comprehensive review of key facts and figures relating to each of these, as well as facts and figures on services and sources of support. It aims to illustrate how services and support for older people with mental health problems can be improved. This report draws on evidence from older people, carers, organisations and professionals. Five main areas are identified for action: ending discrimination; prioritising prevention; enabling older people; improving current services; and facilitating change. The report concludes that the levels of unmet mental health needs amongst older people are extremely high, and that age discrimination remains the fundamental problem. The report makes 35 recommendations which are listed along with the recommendations from the Inquiry’s first report.
Ageism and age discrimination in secondary health care in the United Kingdom: a review from the literature
- Author:
- LIEVESLEY Nat
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 73p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health has commissioned this review of evidence of ageism and age discrimination in secondary health care in the United Kingdom in the context of the European Commission Draft Directive (July 2008) - COM (2008) 426 and the introduction in the UK parliament, in April 2009, of the Equality Bill and related secondary legislation that will outlaw age discrimination in the provision of goods and services. Topics include: ageist attitudes in healthcare; hospital care; discrimination in the treatment of particular conditions: cancer, cardiology, transient ischaemic attack and stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's disease; clinical trials; NICE guidelines and the use of QALYS. This is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
Aging with disabilities: ageism and more
- Author:
- SHEETS Debra J.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 29(3), 2005, pp.37-41.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
Older people who also have disabilities find themselves in "double jeopardy" of experiencing prejudice and discrimination, which often lead to difficulty gaining access to needed healthcare and social services. This article examines that situation and suggests what must be done if those who are aging with disabilities are to be better served by the aging and disability service systems in the United States.
Institutional ageism
- Author:
- LEVENSON Ros
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.07.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at work carried out by the King's Fund which suggests that age discrimination in health and social care services are often a question of attitude rather than policy. Discusses a number of principles to tackle age discrimination
Age of no concern
- Author:
- GREENGROSS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.2.97, 1997, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Despite government assurances that it does not sanction age discrimination, the author believes that older people are still not receiving NHS treatment because of their age and discusses the reasons why.
Long term health care and the ethics of the marketplace
- Author:
- McCORMACK Brendan
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.1.97, 1997, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article reflects on the ageist attitudes that hold sway in the intellectual debate over long-term nursing care. The once proud claim of cradle to grave health care is being undermined with older people seen as economic dependents, savings being means tested and continuing care places being cut. Argues that for society to be seen as fair, the principle that no one should be disadvantaged because of circumstances over which they have little control - of which age is surely one - must be reinstated at the heart of the NHS.
Prime and prejudice
- Author:
- DINSDALE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 18.7.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
This article looks at how extensive healthcare rationing is on the basis of age.