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A Sure Start to later life
— ending inequalities for older people: new report from the Social Exclusion Unit: [summary] | | Corporate Author | Social Exclusion Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - ODPM |
| Publisher | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - ODPM, London, January 2006 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Improving Services, Improving Lives) |
| Source | ODPM Publications Centre, PO Box 236, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7NB. E-mail: odpm@twoten.press.net Website: http://www.socialexclusion.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Isolation ; Social policy ; Government publications ; England. |
| Annotation | Sure Start was originally implemented as a way of providing families with young children in deprived areas with access to education, care, health, family support and other services. This summary of the main report highlights the main features of the Sure Start approach: working with older people; services for everyone; flexible and pro-active; accessible; promoting well-being and independence; and respectful and transparent. A pilot programme, "Link Age Plus", will test out the Sure Start approach for older people. The model will also be tested through other programmes, including Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP), Local Area Agreements, and supported by the forthcoming White Paper on primary and community care. The summary gives three reasons for using this model of service: better tailored services; social justice; and economically efficient services, through better prevention and joining-up. A map, using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), provides a regional analysis of self-reported social isolation in England. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-0601300002 P |
| Classmark | F:W6: TP: TM2: 6OA: 82 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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