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ADDING LIFE TO YEARS
ANNUAL REPORT 2002-03

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Contents

Foreword - Chief Medical Officer
1 Promoting Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
Braveheart Project, Forth Valley
Guid Fettle Project, Borders
Health Improvement: Physical Activity
Diet and Nutrition
Smoking
Older People in Care
Vitamin D
Folic Acid
Oral Health and Nutrition
The Scottish Community Diet Project
Examples of Projects Involving Older People
The Health Improvement Challenge
2 Major Health Care Issues
CHD/Stroke
Cancer
Mental Health and Older People
Funding for Mental Health Services
Funding for the Voluntary Sector
National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being in Scotland
Next Steps
Mental Health and Well-being Support Group
Free Personal and Nursing Care
Funding for Free Personal and Nursing Care
Monitoring
3 Involving Older People
4 Working in Partnership to Provide Health and Social Care for Older People
Screening
Older People's Views
Joint Futures
Progress
Supporting Older People at Home
Delayed Discharge
Next Steps
Capacity Planning and Longer-Term Action on Delayed Discharge
Interdisciplinary Response and Intervention Service (IRIS)
Research-based Development of Scottish Primary Care
5 Quality Improvement
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland Standards
Working Group on Quality of Healthcare Services for Older People in Scotland
National Care Standards for Older People in New NHS Care Settings
6 Wider Issues
Transport
Leisure and Learning
Housing
Income
Improving Up-Take of Benefits
Older People in Rural Communities
Socio-economic Inequalities in Health in the Older Population
7 Adding Life to Years Conference June 2003
Conclusion

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