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This briefing provides a quick overview of the key issues raised in the Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: a national strategy for housing in an ageing society. It is one in a series of resource... Read more
Views: 130
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01st Apr 2008 |
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The experience of exclusion is not unique to older people – it affects people of all ages. However, exclusion can be particularly acute in later life for three reasons. First, it is all too rare... Read more
Views: 132
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02nd Jan 2006 |
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1.58 MB |
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In 2002 central and local governments agreed a number of shared priorities – one of which is improving the quality of life of older people If we are to make real, significant and sustainable imp... Read more
Views: 109
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28th Sep 2008 |
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0.75 MB |
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Counsel and Care, the national charity working with older people, their families and carers, has today (2.11.09) published a new Care Home Handbook as part of National Care Homes Week (2-6 November 20... Read more
Views: 162
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02nd Nov 2009 |
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1.24 MB |
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This booklet is aimed at hospital and care home managers to help them fulfil their statutory roles and responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards legislation... Read more
Views: 198
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01st Feb 2009 |
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0.15 MB |
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The footcare services for older people resource pack is for commissioners and service providers to support the development of footcare services.
Views: 178
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22nd Jul 2009 |
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0.21 MB |
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This briefing outlines recent improvements in audiology services and provides information on a range of tools to help commissioners and providers.
Views: 162
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22nd Jul 2009 |
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0.11 MB |
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In previous reviews of the NHS, frontline staff have been on the fringes or bystanders. This Review has been different. We and our colleagues in the NHS have been at its core. There has been an unprec... Read more
Views: 153
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28th Jun 2008 |
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2.7 MB |
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Increasingly, councils are taking a leadership role in ensuring that communities are good places for older people to live. This needs a strategic approach in assessing how they are meeting the needs o... Read more
Views: 142
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28th Apr 2009 |
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3.16 MB |
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NHS Guidance for the Elderly on staying healthy for longer produced alongside Age Concern and Help the Aged.
Views: 142
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28th Jul 2009 |
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1.28 MB |
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Research in recent years shows that most people in the UK would choose to die at home if they had a terminal illness. In reality, only one in five people are able to do so. The Marie Curie... Read more
Views: 264
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21st Dec 2009 |
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0.64 MB |
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This booklet provides a simple explanation about advance care planning and the different options available for End of Life Care.
Views: 162
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28th Oct 2009 |
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0.29 MB |
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A break down of facts, figures and statistics.
Views: 203
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28th Jul 2008 |
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0.04 MB |
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The main aim of this booklet is to help with some of the feelings, uncertainties and anxieties that the elderly might face before, during and after a hospital stay. It suggests ways for them to be inv... Read more
Views: 130
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28th Mar 2008 |
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0.43 MB |
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Malnutrition is not a symptom of ageing so don’t let the signs be dismissed as simply “old age”. There is much that can be done, and there are a range of treatments to help. Age Conc... Read more
Views: 284
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28th Jan 2007 |
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0.11 MB |