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| Achieving age equality in health and social care | | Author(s) | Caroline Bernard |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 17, no 1, 2013 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2013 |
| Pages | pp 19-24 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Health services ; Services ; Social policy ; Standards of provision ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The subject of this paper is the ban on age discrimination in goods and services that came into force on 1 October 2012. It sets out the policy context, and details how the age equality recommendations were made through an independent review. It provides an overview of the Achieving Age Equality Toolkit (produced by the National Development Team for Inclusion, NDTi), to give the background to its development, and to advise readers of the ways in which it has already been successful in the health and social care arena. Older people have different experiences of health and social care services, but most want to be able to access support when they need it. Age as a barrier to treatment and screening in areas such as mental health and cancer continue to give cause for concern. Organisations need to ensure they are working in an "age equal" way across services. Implications for further research could include an assessment of the extent of "institutional ageism" in services after the ban on age discrimination in goods and services on 1 October 2012. The article uses case studies to illustrate how use of the Toolkit enables an organisation to better identify where changes are needed towards embedding anti age discrimination practice. As well as obeying legal requirements, ending age discrimination in health and social care requires a change in hearts and minds towards encouraging society to think differently about the ways in which older people are supported by health and social care services. Since the review, there have been repeated cases of age discrimination in goods and services, illustrating the need for change. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-130412208 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: L: I: TM2: 583: 4C |
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