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Delivering for older people in rural areas — a good practice guide
Corporate Author	Age Concern England - ACE; Help the Aged; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DEFRA; Commission for Rural Communities
Publisher	Age Concern England, London, November 2006
Pages	12 pp
Source	Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. http://www.ageconcern.org.uk
Keywords	Services ; Rural areas ; Projects ; Standards of provision.
Annotation	The proportion of older people living in rural areas in England is significantly higher than in urban areas, and numbers are likely to increase over the next 20 years. This booklet is aimed at the public, private and voluntary sectors who are involved in commissioning or providing services for older people. It identifies good practice in developing and delivering successful services to older people in rural areas. The reader is directed to the web addresses www.ageconcern.org.uk/rural or www.helptheaged.org.uk/rural for additional papers (PDFs) relating to the project: Overview of key national and local policies (8 pp); profile of older people in rural areas (123 pp); resources (22 pp); case studies (45 pp); and "Rural life lines (76 pp; research by the Plunkett Foundation and PRIME). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070423007 B
Classmark	I: RL: 3E: 583
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