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Old habits die hard — tackling age discrimination in health and social care
Author(s)	Emilie Roberts, Janice Robinson, Linda Seymour
Corporate Author	King's Fund
Publisher	King's Fund, London, 2002
Pages	41 pp
Source	King's Fund Publishing, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN. www.kingsfundbookshop.org.uk
Keywords	Ageism ; Health services ; Services ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Age discrimination remains endemic within health and social services, despite Government policy published in its National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People (March 2001). This report argues that motivation to tackle age discrimination would be strengthened by the establishment of a legal requirement for organisations to promote age equality in their services. The report is based on a telephone survey of 75 senior managers in hospitals, primary care groups, community trusts and social services departments. Given the evidence from the survey, the King's Fund believes that the following recommendations are likely to have a positive impact on age discrimination: clarify the meaning and consequences of age discrimination; develop benchmarking systems; invest in staff education and training; critically assess specialist services provided for older people; introduce new age-equality legislation; and scrutinise national social policies. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-091221001 B
Classmark	B:TOB: L: I: 3F
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