Comment: | The Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) was established in 1947 by the Nuffield Foundation with a remit to focus on the wide-ranging needs of older people. Originally called the National Corporation for the Care of Old People, the name change in 1980 was in recognition of the transformation from a grant-giving to a policy-oriented agency.
Today, the work of CPA is aimed principally at professionals in health and social services and is primarily directed towards informing and influencing service providers. Its approach is to discover and advocate what older people themselves want and need and it aims to:
+ formulate and encourage social policies which will enable everyone to live life in older age as fully as possible;
+ promote informed debate about issues affecting older age groups;
+ stimulate awareness of the needs of older people and encourage the spread of good practice.
The Centre's objectives are realised through the combined efforts of the Policy and Research Department, the Library and Information Service, and CPA Publishing and through its databases of information including a learning and practice resource on the Single Assessment Process www.cpa.org.uk/sap. |
