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Working as a whole system
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whole systems working is a wide-ranging, cross-cutting and holistic approach to improving older people's quality of life. It means looking beyond the provision of health and social care services and embracing the wider spectrum of issues that impact on people's quality of life.
Engaging with older people
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Improving the quality of life for older people was one of the priorities agreed between central government and the Local Government Association (LGA). About 50 local authorities and their partners participated in the shared priority work, through action learning sets. These tools and insights and can help in engaging and implementing the vision for modernising older people's services.’
Why bother?: improving the quality of life for older people
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that we need to embrace the contributions older people make to their communities and think in terms of inclusion, engagement and well-being, rather than illness and frailty and dependency.
Developing quality of life strategies
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Quality of life strategies for older people provide a framework through which to improve engagement and to work more effectively as a whole system.
Case studies
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The guides in the series Older People's Shared Priority have highlighted examples of innovation or good practice from around the country. Four case studies are included in this guide to show how a sample of authorities have managed their work and the different approaches they have taken.