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Why can't more people have a say?
— learning to work with older people | | Author(s) | Rose Gilroy |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 659-674 |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Consumer choice ; Social policy ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | As part of a suite of policy documents on older people's issues, the New Labour British government has published a joint housing and health strategy, "Quality and choice for older people's housing", which attempts to map out the problems facing older people. The strategy also suggests that among the solutions, there should be more opportunities for older people to make choices and for their deeper involvement in housing matters. This paper sketches the background to this strategy, and reviews the literature to determine whether there is a foundation of dialogue with older people on housing issues. While there have been increasing efforts to build socially inclusive processes, particularly in the major regeneration programmes, it is still the case that older people are usually excluded. The core of the paper is a case study from the Better Government for Older People (BGOP) programme, which explored the process by which older people worked alongside professionals to remodel a local authority dwelling. Older people gained as individuals and as a group from the housing project, and were able to develop collective influence through a representation role. The broader lessons for service providers are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030922207 A |
| Classmark | KE: WYC: TM2: 64A |
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