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| Social and political influences on services for older people in the United Kingdom in the late 20th century | | Author(s) | Hazel Qureshi |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 57A, no 11, November 2002 |
| Pages | pp M705-M711 |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Community care ; Social policy ; Histories ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | The relationships between policy, practice and research in social care and health services for older people in the UK over the past 25 years are reviewed. The overview of history shows conflicts about responsibilities between different statutory agencies, and tensions between central and local control. Throughout this period, funding issues have remained central, as has ideology. Changes in policy and services to older people in the 1980s and 1990s outlined include: the effects of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990; comments on the Audit Commission report "The coming of age" (1997); the Royal Commission on Long-term Care; and the introduction of bodies such as the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) as well as initiatives such as a National Carers Strategy. The author is concerned that there is too great a focus on an aspiration to measure outcomes, rather than on how to achieve them. Instead, there is a need to follow up work such as the Better Government for Older People initiative (BGOP), to ensure that older people are empowered to express their views. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021216222 A |
| Classmark | I: L: PA: TM2: 6A: 8 |
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