Long term health care and the ethics of the marketplace

Article Abstract:

The health select committee expects future demand for long term care to depend on both the rise in the older population and people's health status. The government has encouraged development of the independent sector and there has been a shift in emphasis on caring for older people in their own home, rather than in a nursing home. The NHS was set up to provide health care for everyone from cradle to grave formed on the foundations of justice and beneficence. The idea that no one should be disadvantaged due to circumstances over which they have little control, including age, should be reinstated at the heart of the NHS.

Practice, Age discrimination, Medical ethics

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Improving the quality of care for older people

Article Abstract:

Several major European countries have formed the SCOPE project with the aim of improving care quality for older citizens. The development and research project is seeking to develop a cohesive strategy, using existing techniques and programmes, which can be brought together as a European primary care strategy. Further aims include promoting the use of outcome-focused patient care when treating older people and the measurement of services to assess effectiveness. SCOPE needs to take into account the different cultures and social expectations of European countries to develop a working programme.

Europe, Aged patients, Elderly patients, Gerontology

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House conversion

Article Abstract:

Ensuring high standards of care in UK nursing homes may lead to the establishment of American-style teaching care homes which promote research, nursing methods and clinical development in the provision of care for the elderly and disabled. Teaching centres are needed because of the growing demand for well trained nursing home staff and a lack of opportunity within normal care home facilities to undertake training.

Study and teaching, Nursing, Nursing homes

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