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The long and winding road: towards dignity and equality in old age
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In this speech to mark her retirement from Help the Aged, Tessa Harding MBE looks back at the progress made in the fight against discrimination. Despite some notable achievements, there remain many issues, often deeply entrenched in social policy, that prolong ageist attitudes and paternalistic policies that prevent older people from participating in society on equal terms
Options for long-term care: economic, social and ethical choices
- Editors:
- HARDING Tessa, MEREDITH Barbara, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 152p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the debate around long term care and proposes a different approach to planning for future long term care. Concludes that the increase in expenditure needed over the next 30 years is not so great as to be a cause for alarm, though some reinvestment may be needed in the short term. Suggests that affordability is a question of political choice, rather than economic imperatives. Reviews the values underpinning long term care and proposes a broad based strategic approach. Looks at the issues from the point of view of disabled people as well as older people. Concludes with 2 chapters comparing the situation in the United States and in Germany.
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.