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Time to decide — a seminar at the Oxford Centre on Population Ageing, 21 September 1999
Author(s)	Sarah Harper
Corporate Author	Community Care Division, Nuffield Institute for Health; Oxford Centre on Population Ageing, University of Oxford; Help the Aged
Publisher	Help the Aged, London, 2000
Pages	14 pp
Source	Help the Aged, St James's Walk, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0BE.
Keywords	Rights [elderly] ; Advocacy ; Independence ; Court of protection ; Conference proceedings.
Annotation	"Staying in control of one's life" is a key priority for older people, coupled with dignity, choice, autonomy and the opportunity to lead an ordinary life. However, the right to autonomy and self-determination can sometimes be overridden by other people's concerns, fears and priorities. Discussions about decision-making and autonomy more usually take place in relation to those with learning disabilities, mental ill health, or cognitive impairment. This seminar focused on older people in general who may face a crisis in their lives due to illness, accident or bereavement, or because they find it progressively harder to look after themselves. The seminar discussed the legal and professional frameworks for decision-making, in circumstances where older people are competent to take their own decisions. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000727202 B
Classmark	IKR: IQ: C3: JVC: 6M
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