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Reviews of ageism and age discrimination in secondary health care, primary and community health care, mental health care and social care in the UK are published by the Centre for Policy on Ageing

The Centre for Policy on Ageing published on 21 December 2009 four reviews from the literature to provide evidence of ageism and age discrimination in primary and community health care, secondary health care, mental health care and social care in the UK. Access the four reviews via the CPA website here.

The four reviews were commissioned by the Department of Health to support the national review of age discrimination and age equality in the health and social care sector and help health and social care organisations meet the new public sector equality duty in the Equality Bill.

This recent work complements earlier work consisting of two literature reviews and two research studies on the costs and benefits of eliminating age discrimination in the provision of health and social care commissioned by the Department of Health and released on 26 June 2008 to coincide with the launch of the first draft of the Equality Bill in the House of Commons.

The review of the likely costs and benefits of legislation to outlaw age discrimination in health and social care was carried out by the Centre for Policy on Ageing. View the CPA report | Link to all four reports on DH website

Independent Living and Older People: A Resource for Professionals

The Independent Living and Older People Resource is a new website, launched on Older People’s Day (1 October 2009), which explains the concept of independent living and includes practical tips on how to plan, commission and provide appropriate support for older people.

Independent Living means older people having voice, choice and control over any support they need to go about their everyday lives. The website is a one-stop information resource for commissioners, transformation programme leads and other professionals working to embed Independent Living at the strategic level.

The new resource is part of the government’s Independent Living Strategy and it was developed by the Office for Disability Issues, working with the Centre for Policy on Ageing and the National Development Team for Inclusion.

Visit the website at www.independentlivingresource.org.uk or click here to access

Read Press Release - New website to improve services for older people

Using the Evidence to End Age Discrimination in Health and Social Care

The Centre for Policy on Ageing hosted a symposium on 2 October 2009 to discuss evidence of discrimination detailed in reviews of ageism and age discrimination in secondary health care, primary and community health care, mental health services and social care carried out by CPA on behalf of the Department of Health to support the Equality Bill introduced in the UK Parliament (April 2009) and related secondary legislation that will set out details of the new age discrimination ban in the provision of goods and services.

Read Press Release - Using the evidence to end age discrimination in health and social care

National Database of Ageing Research (NDAR)

Researchers are invited to add details of current research projects to the National Database of Ageing Research (NDAR) - a freely available online resource established by the Centre for Policy on Ageing. Originally published by CPA in directory format (from 1955 onwards), NDAR aims to be a fully comprehensive resource of recent and ongoing research within the UK on all non-medical aspects of ageing and older age. The intention is to make research activities easily accessible to researchers and users of research, and to develop a network of shared learning. It is hoped that full details of research projects within the New Dynamics of Ageing and other research programmes will be tracked via NDAR. More

National Single Assessment Process resource - including an interactive glossary and discussion forum

The Centre for Policy on Ageing was commissioned by the Department of Health to create and host an on-line resource for practitioners implementing the Single Assessment Process. The resource, which is freely accessible, holds a wealth of material to assist multi agency working. The aim is to provide access to information, in all its various forms, that can be shared nationally to support work around SAP, share good practice and reduce duplication of effort. The resource is continually updated to reflect new issues and practice, including eSAP, the Common Assessment Framework and self assessment. More...

The Forum for Older People in Prison - and SAP

The Forum for Older People in Prison was convened to address the needs of older people in prison. It regards current policy to transfer healthcare responsibilities to PCTs, and implementation of SAP in the prison environment, as a potential avenue to improve the situation regarding the health and social care of older prisoners. It has resolved to support the successful implementation of this process. The Forum is facilitated by Age Concern England and includes the Prison Reform Trust, the Inspectorate, Restore50Plus, the Centre for Policy on Ageing, Women in Prison, Nacro, the Howard League and several others. For more information on the Forum's work click here.

The Representation of Older People in Ageing Research series of seminars and publications

CPA with the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies at the Open University hosts seminars to discuss methods of research on ageing and the papers are published for wider distribution. The next seminar is on 'Imagining Futures' and will be held on Thursday, 11 February 2010 in London.

Please email Angela Clark aclark@cpa.org.uk to book a place at the seminar and for information on reports of previous seminars.

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To be included on the seminar mailing list email aclark@cpa.org.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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