Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

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128Annex 4: ConsultationThe draft strategy went out to public consultation between11 December 2006 and 9 March 2007. The consultation wascarried out jointly with the Quality of Life Partnership, EldersCouncil of Newcastle and Newcastle City Council’s CommunityDevelopment Unit, Ward Co-ordination Team and Social PolicyTeam.Who was consulted? all 26 ward committees; councillors via the Policy Development/Co-ordination andAdult Social Services and Health Portfolios; full City Council;the Health and Adult Services Scrutiny panel; the Newcastle Partnership (the Local Strategic Partnership)Board and theme groups (including Newcastle LearningPartnership and Safe Newcastle); community and voluntary sector organisations (e.g. AgeConcern Newcastle; Carers Centre Newcastle; CommunityEmpowerment Network; Newcastle Council for VoluntaryService; Denton Mature Action Group); survey work using participatory appraisal techniques withWard Co-ordinators; and public-sector partners including Newcastle Primary CareTrust, Nexus (Passenger Transport Executive), Newcastleupon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Learning &Skills Council.
129We also included an article and prize draw questionnaire inCitylife, which is circulated to all households and premisesin the city. We received 243 responses to the questionnaire.We also sought the views of diverse and vulnerable groups– particularly BME communities and LGBT communities –to reflect the fact that, as Newcastle’s population growsand ages, the diversity of the population will also change.
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Everyone’sTomorrowThe Strategy fo
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1A vision for Newcastle 2021Newcast
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3ForewordBernard Baruch, the Americ
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5Table of contentsPage1. Introducti
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8the population. Older people seek
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10Fig. 1: The Menu - Putting older
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122 Older people themselves are cha
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14National policyGovernment policy
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17MainstreamingThis strategy will a
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19cities - the Healthy Cities - Hea
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21Fig. 2: Newcastle Strategy for Ol
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23Aim 1Making a positivecontributio
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25ContextIncreasingly public servic
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27The Elders Council and Quality of
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29ActionsThe work of building the v
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31There is an increasing need for o
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33Where we are nowThere is a consid
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35 The creation of opportunities fo
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37Attitudes to older peopleOlder pe
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39Actions Carry out an audit of cov
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41There are a number of initiatives
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43Aim 2Accessing information,advice
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45Outcome 2aOlder people have acces
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47Where we are nowThe Quality of Li
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49Other specialist services are als
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51Aim 3Physical, mental andemotiona
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53ContextNewcastle is one of the mo
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55Outcome 3aOlder people and carers
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57 Age Concern Newcastle, which pro
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59Newcastle City Council Arts Team
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61Information and accessInformation
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63 Develop a ‘life in older age
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65Dementia 11.2%Stroke 9.5%Musculo-
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67Newcastle is uniquely placed at t
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69 Encourage older people to explor
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71It is often difficult to reach ou
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73Mrs D is a 76-year-old fiercely i
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75Outcome 3dOlder people have acces
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Page 82 and 83: 80Aim 4Enjoying older person friend
Page 84 and 85: 82The Local Development Framework C
Page 86 and 87: 84Safe Neighbourhoods is a project
Page 88 and 89: 86Outcome 4bOlder people have decen
Page 90 and 91: 88for housing in the city over the
Page 92 and 93: 90to develop new financial products
Page 94 and 95: 92Older people are a key client gro
Page 96 and 97: 94The role of Neighbourhood Managem
Page 98 and 99: 96 Deliver Warm Zone initiatives an
Page 100 and 101: 98Where we are nowOlder people have
Page 102 and 103: 100Strategic planning and transport
Page 104 and 105: 102Aim 5Financially and materially
Page 106 and 107: 104Outcome 5aOlder people have the
Page 108 and 109: 106Actions Include financial litera
Page 110 and 111: 108Where we are nowAge Concern have
Page 112 and 113: 110Section 4: Turning the strategy
Page 114 and 115: 112 The population in Newcastle and
Page 116 and 117: 114 However, there is a growing int
Page 118 and 119: 116Use of Adult Social Services Dur
Page 120 and 121: 118 58.4% of people aged 50+ were v
Page 122 and 123: 120Annex 2: Links to key national a
Page 124 and 125: 122Newcastle Strategyfor Older Peop
Page 126 and 127: 124Other strategies mentioned in th
Page 128 and 129: 126Newcastle Science CityNewcastle
Page 132 and 133: 130What was changed?Overall, feedba
Page 134 and 135: 132Annex 5: List of agencies mentio
Page 136 and 137: 134Public Sector organisationsAudit
Page 138 and 139: 136PartnershipsDementia Care Partne
Page 140 and 141: 138Equality Standard for Local Gove
Page 142 and 143: 140Positive Ageing is a pilot cours
Page 144 and 145: 14214 Sure Start for Older People15
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