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Your rights to health care
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 296p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book provides information about the main entitlements to health care for older people, particularly NHS services provided in England. Chapters include: knowing your rights; asking for and getting help; GPs and primary care services; opticians and eyesight; hearing services; therapies and other support; mental health; going in to hospital; coming out of hospital; organ and blood donation; death and dying; and making complaints.
Framework for a complex response
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Care, January 1999, pp.10-11.
Argues that the National Service Framework for older people should shun age discrimination and recognise the need for complex responses.
When we are very old: reflections on treatment, care and support of older people
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report drawn from two seminars attended by frontline practitioners and others working in health, housing and social care. Looks at current treatment, care and support of older people, and what the participants would want for their own old age should such assistance be needed. Key messages emerged, including: staff working in services are very critical of some aspects of current provision for older people; there are major concerns about provision for the future; staff have a great number of ideas for improving services; and there is no overall national vision shaping the system of support for older people.
Moving on from community care: the treatment, care and support of older people in England
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 260p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book gives an overview of the wide range of recent changes within the NHS, local government and the independent sector, relating to health, housing and social care for older people in England. It explores the background to the last decade of change; and explains the more important aspects for older people with ongoing care needs: getting access to services; knowing what help is available, and from whom; the standards and quality of services; paying for services; and how organisations should be communicating with users and carers.