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The long and winding road
— towards dignity and equality in old age | | Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2006 |
| Pages | unnumbered |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Rights [elderly] ; Ageism ; Lecture papers. |
| Annotation | Tessa Harding gave this lecture at the Royal Overseas League on 26 October 2006, to mark the end of her career and 10 years of campaigning at Help the Aged. Her lecture assesses the extent to which progress has been made towards age equality. While there was little sign of age discrimination on the public agenda ten years ago, unequal treatment for older people persists. She notes some recurring themes: joined-up services for older people (and is the single assessment process working?); prevention (to support independence); quality of older people's services; and older people's quality of life. On direct discrimination, she notes ineligibility criteria for over 65s for the Disability Living Allowance and the Independent Living Fund; while mental health services do not cater for over 65s, and less local authority funding for social care for over 65s than for younger people in comparable circumstances. Even with the Human Rights Act (HRA), the age equality regulations (2006), and the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR), age quality legislation is "at a crossroads": the "long and winding road" towards equality is proving tedious and slow. Main points raised in the discussion which followed are included. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070119003 B |
| Classmark | IKR: B:TOB: 6MA |
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