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Together we can
— reduce falls through a partnership between older people, community pharmacy and the public sector | | Corporate Author | National Pharmacy Association - NPA; Better Government for Older People - BGOP; East Sussex County Council; East Sussex Local Pharmaceutical Committee |
| Publisher | National Pharmacy Association, St Albans, 2007 |
| Pages | 37 pp |
| Source | National Pharmacy Association, Mallinson House, 38-42 St Peter's Street, St Albans, Herts AL1 3NP. www.npa.co.uk |
| Keywords | Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Drugs ; Local Authority ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Conference proceedings ; East Sussex. |
| Annotation | In 2004, Better Government for Older People (BGOP) and the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) formed a strategic alliance to focus on current government policy with older people. This report describes a project run in East Sussex, where falls prevention has a high priority. It also presents results of a one-day conference, 'Together in East Sussex We Can', which aimed to alert attendees to the contribution of community pharmacies to the prevention of falls as a key element in ensuring well-being and independence. Also suggested is how partnerships such as Local Area Agreements, Partnership for Older People's Projects (POPPs) and SureStart for Older People could be used to integrate community pharmacy into the whole systems approach. The report outlines the falls prevention work by local initiatives in Hastings and Rother, Eastbourne, and Sussex Downs and Weald. Appendices include the East Sussex Integrated Falls Service Strategy (November 2006), written before the 'Together We Can' event and community pharmacy involvement. On the basis of the project, community pharmacy has much to contribute to any falls prevention strategy and to the wider well-being agenda. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070809001 B |
| Classmark | OLF: LK2: LLD: PE: QAJ: QK6: 6M: 8E |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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