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Engagement of older people in Wales
— how Cymru Older People's Alliance is forging a new direction | | Author(s) | Steven George Milsom |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 22, no 2, 2018 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2018 |
| Pages | pp 69-75 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop |
| Keywords | Well being ; Participation ; Citizenship ; Charities ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The adverse impact of austerity on public bodies' capacity to prioritise engagement with older people means that self-determination and representing older people's best interests more generally needs a fresh impetus, if the voice of older people is to be heard and not marginalised. This paper aims to discuss these issues. It describes how a new direction for Cymru Older People's Alliance (COPA) was shaped, and its engagement directly with older people informed changes. It describes the key transitions negotiated, whereby the Alliance became a charity with a democratically elected membership, stronger structures and improved means to ensuring the "voice" of older people is heard. Co-production, increased citizen engagement and promoting well-being are important new concepts in Welsh legislation; but it is only through growing the infrastructure that enables older people to represent their own interests, that these new requirements will produce tangible results and progress can be made. If we are to challenge ageism and recognise that older people need to be empowered and enabled to make their own decisions, then older people's organisations need to change and adapt to the prevailing financial climate. This is not an easy pathway, but it can be achieved through good planning, strong governance and effective engagement, and listening carefully to older people's views. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180511200 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: TMB: IKC: PL: 9 |
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