title: Age-old practices.
abstract: The National Service Framework for Older People is a comprehensive strategy that seeks to ensure fair, high quality, integrated health and social care services for older people. It is a ten-year programme of action linking services to support independence and promote good health, specialised services for key conditions, and culture changes so that all older people and their carers are always treated with respect, dignity and fairness.
authors.affiliation: Deidre Wild is Senior Fellow, RCN Gerontological Nursing Programme.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ford