Age needs one voice. Now it has:
Age NI is the new force combining Age Concern Northern Ireland and
Help the Aged in Northern Ireland. Age NI is a member of the Age UK family.
The new force combining &
Age NI believes that our social care system is broken and that a new revised system is long overdue.
The current system of social care is no longer sustainable or capable of meeting the needs of older people today or in the future. Age NI has a vision of what social care should look like – "quality integrated social care that recognises the rights, aspirations and diversity of us all, and is based on the right to live with dignity, independence, security and choice.‟
Read more about Age NI's health and social care policy positions below.
Age NI led the way in advocating for a fundamental review of social care. Now that is agreed in principal, we will continue to influence positive change.
Browse and download our policy papers on health and social care.
Read a case study showing how social care can be used as a preventative tool.
Presentation papers from our joint seminar in the Long Gallery on 21 March 2012.
See links to other relevent documents, research and publications relating to health and social care.
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