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Making choices: taking risks
— a discussion paper | | Corporate Author | Commission for Social Care Inspection - CSCI |
| Publisher | Commission for Social Care Inspection, London, December 2006 |
| Pages | 18 pp (CSCI 184) |
| Source | CSCI Admail 3804, Newcastle, NE99 1DY. Orderline: 0870 240 7535 Documents available in other formats on request. http://www.csci.org.uk/publications email: csci@accessplus.co.uk |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Independence ; Consumer choice ; Services ; Reports. |
| Annotation | Older people tell the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that they want to stay independent for as long as possible; but they also recognise that their choices could sometimes entail some degree of risk. This discussion paper draws on the experiences and views of older people using social care, and considers two main questions. First, how does "risk" inhibit older people from living the way they want? Second, how can social care support older people's aspirations and choices? Among main findings are that older people continue to experience age discrimination from care services; and that staff and organisations providing services need to have the right attitudes and skills to help older people deal with risk and adapt to it over time. A companion paper on the CSCI website explores the issues in more detail and includes aspects of practice to illustrate how some of the difficulties can be overcome. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070103004 B |
| Classmark | K4: C3: WYC: I: 6K |
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