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Losing sight of blindness
- Authors:
- GRINDEY Sue, WINYARD Steve
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 22p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Policy document setting out the argument for re-introducing free eye tests for people aged over sixty.
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.
Grey matters
- Authors:
- CARPENTER Iain, CALNAN Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 9.1.97, 1997, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Health and local authorities spend vast sums on community care for elderly people, yet there is no national standard for assessing their needs. The authors report on the potential benefits of a standardised assessment.
The tip of the iceberg: a survey of complaints registered by Community Health Councils concerning the care of older people in NHS hospitals
- Author:
- WILLOCK Kim
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
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.
Link up, check up, speak up
- Author:
- COCHRANE Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.7.97, 1997, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Does one hand know what the other is doing when an elderly person returns to the community from hospital? This article describes one team's success in ensuring coordination.
The rationing debate: rationing health care by age. The case for
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Alan
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 15.3.97, 1997, pp.820-822.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Presents an argument in favour of the criteria of age as an appropriate criterion for choosing which people could benefit from health care.
The rationing debate: rationing health care by age; the case against
- Author:
- EVANS J. Grimley
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 15.3.97, 1997, pp.822-825.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Presents the case against using age as an appropriate criteria for rationing health care in the National Health Service
Reality makes a mockery of good practice
- Author:
- NUROCK Shirley
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 5(1), January 1997, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The author finds reading about person-centred care and new therapy ideas only increases her frustration on the reality of long-term care for her husband.
Report of the review panel into the deaths of eight patients following their transfer from Napsbury Hospital to Elmstead House Nursing Home
- Author:
- FARROW Stephen (chair)
- Publisher:
- Barnet Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report prepared by a Review Panel set up to investigate the deaths of eight frail elderly NHS patients suffering from dementia, following their transfer from Napsbury Hospital to Elmstead House, a nursing home in Barnet. The report provides a chronology of events, a description of the issues raised, and makes a number of conclusions and recommendations.