Research Catalog

Title

Old habits die hard : tackling age discrimination in health and social care / Emilie Roberts, Janice Robinson, Linda Seymour.

Author

Roberts, Emilie.

Publication

London ; King's Funds, 2002.

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Additional Authors

• King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
• Robinson, Janice, 1946-
• Seymour, Linda

Description

41 p. : map; 30 cm.

Summary

This report shows that managers in NHS and social care organizations struggle to prevent discrimination on the grounds of age. They feel unsure about how to identify age discrimination and whether age-related policies are justifiable. The report is based on detailed studies.

Subject

• Age discrimination > England
• Aged [MESH]
• Health Services for the Aged [MESH]
• Older people > Medical care
• Older people > Medical care > England
• Prejudice [MESH]
• Social surveys > England

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: The Government and the National Service Framework for Older People -- Aims of the survey -- Methods -- Choice of sample frame -- Interviewees -- Interview -- Results -- Organisational context -- Presence of age discrimination in local services -- Examples of age-related policies or age bars -- Audits of age-related policies -- Reasons given for restricting services by age -- Specialist services for older people and other age groups -- Arbitrary nature of age cut-off points -- Staff's flexible interpretation of age cut-off points -- High-level need versus preventive services -- Clinical decision-making: 'do not resuscitate' policy -- Equality of access to acute care -- Attitudes to caring for older people in hospital -- Quality of care at the end of life -- Managers' confidence in health and social care services -- Perceptions of older people and their families -- Initiatives for tackling age discrimination -- Discussion -- Age discrimination identified in local services -- Tackling age discrimination -- The importance of the National Service Framework for Older People -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Clarify the meaning and consequences of age discrimination -- Develop benchmarking -- Introduce age-equality legislation -- Scrutinise national policy -- Invest in staff education and training -- Critically assess specialist services provided to older people -- App. A. National Service Framework for Older People: key objectives -- App. B. Survey letter sent to potential interviewees -- App. C. Telephone interview schedule on age discrimination -- App. D. Characteristics of the interviewees in the survey -- App. E. Specific examples of discriminatory service provision identified at the time of the survey.

ISBN

1857174623

OCLC

49272294

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library