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On the right track?
— a progress review of the human rights of older people in health and social care | | Corporate Author | Policy Unit, Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | Age Concern England, London, August 2008 |
| Pages | 47 pp |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. Download document at : http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/Documents/... |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Rights [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | In 2007, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published the report of its inquiry, 'The human rights of older people in healthcare'. Although there were instances of good practice, the JCHR found that the regulation of services with respect to human rights has often fallen short; and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) has not realised its potential since coming into force in 2000. In 'On the right track?' Age Concern England (ACE) sets out 24 recommendations for action, if the culture change recommended by the JCHR is to be achieved, or the Department of Health (DH) commitments on older people's human rights are to be realised. It calls for: the Ministry of Justice to demonstrate support for human rights; protection through legislation regarding independent care, hospital discharges, and age discrimination; regulation by the Care Quality Commission to be underpinned by human rights; leadership from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); a human rights framework for the work of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); empowering older people through the complaints system, advocacy and information; support for the role of service providers through guidance and training; and service providers and commissioners to adopt a human rights based approach to their work. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080916208 B |
| Classmark | L: I: IKR: TOB: TM2 |
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