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The community care changes: questions and answers for committees, staff and helpers of Age Concern; community care plans
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The community care changes: questions and answers for committees, staff and helpers of Age Concern; complaints
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 39p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the practical implications of the complaints procedure section of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 for Age Concern and its staff.
Old age abuse: lifting the lid; a West Midlands perspective
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 27p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Paper stemming from a series of BASE meetings. Contains case examples of different types of elder abuse, including psychological, physical, and financial abuse. Presents a charter of rights to community care for older people. Looks at the legal perspective and suggests procedures for abuse investigation and assessment.
Prevention in practice: service models, methods and impact
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Age Concern; Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report demonstrates the range of outcomes that are possible for older people through the provision of high quality preventive services. It describes some of the range of services provided by Age Concern across England. For each service the report details: the scope; benefits to users; relevance to relevant targets; outputs and outcomes; evaluation; sustainability and costs; contact details. The services are presented in four sections. The first section, 'the right information and advice at the most appropriate time', includes a Community Advocacy Service and a Housing Options Service. 'Practical support services' comprises of a Handyperson Service, a HomeShopping Service and a Transport Access People Service. Projects in the 'support to remain as independent as possible, and to continue participating and contributing section' include: Activity Centres; DaisyFresh Home Bathing Service; Men in Sheds Project; Nordic Walking; Opening Doors - supporting Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Communities in Central London. The final section, 'support at difficult times and for carers' covers Talking Therapies, the Time Out Respite Service and a Befriending Service.
A response to the London Borough of Brent draft community care plan 1992-95: based on consultation meetings with pensioners' groups, individual pensioners and voluntary organisations working with older people
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, BRENT PENSIONERS' FORUM
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London