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What people think about care and support

Thousands of older people have been sharing their thoughts and experiences of care and support with Age Concern at events all across the country.

 

The discussions at ten of these events were video recorded. You are able to watch these clips and hear older people talking for themselves about care and support.

You can view these clips here. Or you can read the PDF version of our report 'Q is for Quality' which also contains the video clips. To do both of these you will need access to Youtube. 

You can also listen to our two podcasts in which two older people share their thoughts about care and support. We hope you enjoy them and do keep checking back as we will be adding more podcasts soon.


Minimum standards of care

In this audio clip you can hear Kate talking about what she thinks is a minimum standard of care.

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Personal experience of care

Listen to a women from Kingston upon Thames talking about her experience of the care system.

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The role of a carer

Listen to Chris talk about how he cares for an older gentleman at home.

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Audio help

To listen to this story you will need to have a program called RealPlayer installed on your computer. Please follow the instructions given on the BBC website.

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