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| Advocacy, empowerment and older people | | Author(s) | Andrew Dunning |
| Journal title | IN: The social policy of old age: moving into the 21st century; edited by Miriam Bernard and Judith Phillips, 1998 |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 200-221 |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Advocacy ; Rights [elderly] ; Participation. |
| Annotation | Advocacy generally involves people making a case for themselves and advancing their own interests, or representing others and supporting them to secure and exercise their rights individually or collectively. The concept is particularly important where people are disadvantaged or discriminated against, and are at risk of mistreatment or marginalisation. This chapter outlines the factors influencing the need for advocacy, and describes its various forms: professional advocacy, lay advocacy, and self advocacy. The author explores the use of advocacy as a process of empowerment, leading on to highlight consumerism and citizenship as key approaches to advocacy with older people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980311017 A |
| Classmark | IQ: IKR: TMB |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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