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Anti-discriminatory practice: an age-old problem
- Author:
- PRITCHARD Jacki
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.3.94, 1994, p.6.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Working with older people tends to be seen as less demanding and less stressful than working with other client groups. This negative view is an example of the level at which ageism operates within social services departments. Calls for departments to implement effective anti-discriminatory policies so that ageism may be viewed in the same light as sexism and racism.
Social protection of older people in Finland from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries: messages for current policy and practice from an historical analysis
- Author:
- TOPO Päivi
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 41(5), July 2011, pp.876-893.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article explores how social protection of the elderly has evolved in Finland since the eighteenth century, and examines the influence of historical developments on current policy. It highlights two inter-connected themes in particular – the shifting levels of paternalism and the cycle from early ‘annual auctions’ through state provision to increased privatisation and commissioning of services. The shifting levels of paternalism show that there has been a shift from strong to weak paternalism and from the duties to the rights of people in their old age. Recent developments, however, show distressing indications of leaving the most vulnerable old people to fend for themselves in a complex care system. With respect to increased privatisation and commissioning of services, statistics show that more severe problems of health and functioning are now required before gaining access at higher charge to services of a quality that may have deteriorated. Abuse and violence are understood in this article as an issue of structural discrimination associated with old age, living in poverty or suffering from severe problems of health and functioning without access to necessary care and assistance. The implications for social work policy balancing protection and personalisation are discussed.
Moving older people into jobs: Jobcentre Plus, new deal and the job shortfall for the over 50s
- Authors:
- BEATTY Christina, FOTHERGILL Stephen
- Publisher:
- Third Age Employment Network
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper critically assesses movement initiatives to raise the the labour force participation of older workers.
Age-old problem
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.02, 2002, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors look at care services and how they can be discriminatory.
National service framework for older people interim report on age discrimination, April 2002
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Audit of the problems that older people experience in accessing health and social care services. Standards proposed include the early intervention and programme of action to address issues of age discrimination. The national service framework for older people is a programme of action linking services to support independence and promote good health, specialised services for key conditions, and culture change so that all older people and their carers are always treated with respect, dignity and fairness.
Older People
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 14, October 2002, pp.41-46.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
There is pressure to raise the quality of residential care but to keep costs low. Four local authorities were studied to provide an understanding of how successfully welfare services are meeting the needs of the elderly.
Tsar quality
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.12.00, 2000, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author talks to Ian Philp who is charged with leading the implementation of the National Service Framework for older people.
Meeting the needs of abused older women? A British Columbia and Yukon transition house survey
- Authors:
- HIGHTOWER Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11(4), 1999, pp.39-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Older women victims of violence by a partner or family member are more often categorized as victims of elder abuse, not victims of family violence. Their needs are assessed, if at all, by social and health service agencies, often with little knowledge or understanding of domestic violence, while domestic violence policy initiatives, advocacy, and services focus on younger women and children. A survey of domestic violence services in Canada found that women over 60 years of age were a very small fraction, generally less than two percent, of women served, and those 50 to 59 years of age were also substantially under-represented. Finds that better interaction is needed between those providing support and advocacy for abused women, and those who provide health and social services for older persons.
Old habits die hard: tackling age discrimination in health and social care
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Emilie, ROBINSON Janice, SEYMOUR Linda
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the results of a survey between May and September 2001 carried out by the King's Fund. One hundred senior managers working in health and social services in England were interviewed by telephone. The aims of the survey were to find out how much they believed age discrimination was affecting services in their local area, and to discover what measures they were employing to combat it.