A Better Life was a five year programme led by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which explored how older people with high support needs can have a good quality of life. This session looks at what the findings mean for current policy and practice in Scotland. Jointly presented by Alison Petch (IRISS) and Imogen Blood (Imogen Blood and Associates).

1. A Better Life: Valuing our later
years
Social Services Expo & Conference
Imogen Blood
18th March
Edinburgh
ImogenBlood
& Associates

3. A Better Life: Valuing our later
years
Social Services Expo & Conference
Imogen Blood
18th March
Edinburgh
ImogenBlood
& Associates

4. A Better Life programme
• Older people with high
support needs
• Quality of life
• Voices of older people

5. Relationships are vital

6. The importance of the ordinary

7. Making a contribution

8. Lives not services

9. 1. Is it ‘all of us’ or ‘them and us’?
2. Can I see beyond the label?
3. Can I help people connect?
4. Can I focus on what people CAN do?
5. Can people be active citizens?
6. Do I really listen to what people really
want?
7. Am I learning, innovating and
challenging?

10. For more information…
http://www.jrf.org.uk/topic/betterlife
To watch a short film by Tony Robinson,
download the book and access links to the
rest of the Better Life outputs
http://www.imogenblood.co.uk/
For more about Imogen Blood & Associates
Twitter: @ImogenBlood

12. Delivering A Better Life in
Scotland
Alison Petch, IRISS
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13. Policy context
• Public services and
prevention
• Housing options
• Reshaping care
• Self-directed Support
• Health and social care
integration
• Quality healthcare
• Human rights
• Dementia strategy
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14. Opportunities
• Building awareness
• Presentations through
existing networks –
regular meetings and
targeted workshops
• Integration with IRISS
projects: Hospital to
Home, Fit for the
Future, Plan P, housing
models for older people
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