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The challenge of dignity in care: upholding the rights of the individual
- Author:
- LEVENSON Ros
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 55p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Dignity in Care aims to ensure all older people are treated with dignity when using health and social care services. High quality services should be delivered in a person centred way that respects the dignity of the older person receiving them. Unfortunately this is not always the case and older people do not always receive the respect they deserve.
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
Auditing age discrimination: a practical approach to promoting age equality in health and social care
- Author:
- LEVENSON Ros
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers practical guidance on how organisations can work to eradicate age discrimination and make change happen at a local level. It concludes that older people have a central role to play in identifying age discrimination. The guide draws on the experiences of health and social care staff, older people, policy-makers and local campaigners to offer clear guidance on: how to gather and assess evidence of age discrimination; who to involve in the process; what kinds of evidence to look for; and where to look.