Interesting isn't it that NHS executives and social workers when they reach
65 retire, but maybe continue to take up public positions whereas there
clients metamorphose into vegetables on there 65th birthday.
Larry
>
> A classic example within my field is that disabled people have the
> right (under the 1986 Disabled Person's Act and 1990 NHSCCA) to
> an assessment of their needs, but most local authorities act as
> though this does not apply to disabled people over the age of 65
> (because they tend to become the responsibility of social work
> teams working with 'older' rather than disabled people) which is a
> dangerous form of ageism that can impact fairly significantly on
> disabled people. Not only do most disabled people not realise they
> have this right, and therefore find it difficult to assert, but most local
> authorities renege on their responsibilities. If we do little else we
> can at least try to remove the barrier of ignorance!
>
> Kirstein
>
>
>
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