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Having a voice, being heard
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 10(4), December 2006, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Exeter Senior Voice, a user involvement project with nearly 300 active members, ran an election for the 12 places on its panel of representatives. The representatives attend a wide range of meetings with staff of statutory and voluntary bodies discussing service development and mapping out strategies designed to respond to older people's needs. The author reports on the high turnout for the election, and why these groups are so important to ensuring older people's voices are heard on local issues.
A struggle for independence
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, May 1999, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Independence is often not a priority in assessing older people's care needs. The author looks at how this can be achieved within a residential setting.
Bringing health to homes: the relationship between health services and homes for older people
- Authors:
- AVARDS Ray, BRIGHT Les, DAVIES Stephanie
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report focusing on the access residents in care homes have to both general and specialist primary care and complementary treatments, how this health care is brought to them, and the level of choice and self determination they may exercise.
More than black and white: a study of black and ethnic minority elders' concerns about care services
- Authors:
- BRIGHT Les, TURAY Mariama
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of the views of black and minority ethnic elders about the services they receive from local authorities.
Continuing care: Division and misrule
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.10.95, 1995, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older people are receiving patchy services, and not surprisingly, they do not understand why. Reports on what is happening to the care system.