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Equality in later life
— a national study of older people's mental health services | | Corporate Author | Healthcare Commission |
| Publisher | Healthcare Commission, London, March 2009 |
| Pages | 37 pp |
| Source | Download link: http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/publication... |
| Annotation | The focus is on the extent to which statutory services in England have addressed the outcomes for service users and carers. Four themes were selected for study: age discrimination; quality of inpatient care; the comprehensiveness of services compared to the national guidance; and how specialist services work with other organisations. The study is based on six mental health trusts that were expected to be at the high mid and low end of performance and in different geographic regions. The report includes examples of good practice from the Trusts in Cumbria, Dorset, East London, and South West Yorkshire. The other two Trusts were South Staffordshire and Shropshire, South West London and St George's. The study found that age discrimination exists within adult mental health services, and that some of the attempts to tackle this are in themselves discriminatory and not meeting people's needs. However, there was evidence of services that had developed approaches to combating ageism, that respected the different needs of some older people. Three other recommendations concern: improving the quality and relevance of data; whole systems working and commissioning; and leadership. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090331001 E |
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