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Age-old problem
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.02, 2002, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors look at care services and how they can be discriminatory.
Into the wilderness
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.4.95, 1995, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The debate in Britain about long-term care policies echoes controversy in the USA where fear of growing old is compounded by fear of being too poor to afford care. Discusses the cost of needing long term care.
Memorandum on older people and human rights
- Authors:
- HARDING Tessa, GOULD Jena
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people are afforded protection of their human rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (the HRA 1998), which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law. These rights may be asserted when facing difficulties in these areas: physical and mental health; community care; social care; housing; transport; employment; income; education and leisure; utilities and consumer protection; access to information; and decision-making.
A life worth living: the independence and inclusion of older people
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking at ways in which it might be possible to break the link between ageing and loss of autonomy, and between ageing and exclusion.
Rebuilding trust
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.3.97, 1997, pp.2-3.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that older people have paid for the welfare state for all their working lives, but are being let down when they need services most. Sets out what a new government must do to restore their confidence.