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The National Service Framework for older people: 'the promotion of health and active life in older age'
- Author:
- GRANVILLE Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 11(3), September 2001, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
The Beth Johnson Foundation has been a lead organisation for over twenty years in demonstrating the need for health promotion for ands with older people. This is the second in a series of working papers that are being produced by the Foundation to support the development of health promotion. The paper examines Standard Eight of the recently published National Service Framework for Older People (Department of Health 2001), which concentrates on promoting health and active life in older age. It introduces the policy context of National Service Frameworks; provides a more detailed examination of Standard Eight of the NSF for Older People, including the 'must dos', and some identified gaps; links to some other health strategies , including NSFs and NHS Plan; and wishes the response of the Beth Johnson Foundation to Standard Eight.
Promoting health and active life in older age: lessons from working with Standard 8 of the National Service Framework for Older People
- Authors:
- GRANVILLE Gillian, BOWERS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(6), December 2002, pp.32-42.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Explores how Standard 8 of the NSF for Older People can help local services and communities address the health inequalities agenda. Introduces the initiatives being undertaken by eight pilot sites participating in the Pre-Retirement Health Check Pilots Initiative managed by the Health Development Agency, and shares some of the emerging themes from their work. Concludes by reflecting on the links between the work of the pilots and the requirements of Standard 8, as well as the wider policy and practice implications for sustaining this work beyond the life of the project.