Hold a workshop on the draft
Health of Older People Strategy:
Conversation starters
These conversation starters are for use in workshops on the draft Health of Older
People Strategy. The questions are mostly standard for each section.
You can choose which conversation starters to use, and in which order. You may also
choose not to use any, or to only discuss one or two sections of the Strategy.
1. Healthy ageing
The draft Strategy includes actions to achieve the goals of healthy ageing (see pages
31–33 of the Action Plan).
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Do you have any comments or suggestions about these actions?
How do you think they will contribute to the goals of healthy ageing?
What will be important to achieving those goals through these actions?
Do you think there are any important gaps?
Which actions should be given priority, and why?
2. Acute and restorative care
The draft Strategy includes actions that are intended to achieve the goal of high
quality acute and restorative care (see pages 33–34 of the Action Plan).
a.
b.
c.
d.
Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding these actions?
How do you think they will contribute to the goals of healthy ageing?
Do you think there are any important gaps?
Which actions should be given priority, and why?
3. Living well with long-term conditions
The draft Strategy includes actions that are intended to achieve the goal of living well
with long-term conditions (see pages 34–36 of the Action Plan).
a. Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding these actions?
b. How do you think they will contribute to the goals of living well with long term
conditions?
c. What will be important to achieving those goals through these actions?
d. Do you think there are any important gaps?
e. Which actions should be given priority, and why?
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4. Support for people with high and complex
conditions
The draft Strategy includes actions that are intended to achieve the goal for better
support for people with high and complex conditions (see pages 37–39 of the Action
Plan).
a. Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding these actions?
b. How do you think they will contribute to the goals of supporting people with high
and complex needs?
c. What will be important to achieving those goals through these actions?
d. Do you think there are any important gaps?
e. Which actions should be given priority, and why?
5. Respectful end of life
The draft Strategy includes actions that are intended to achieve the goal of a
respectful end of life (see pages 40–41 of the Action Plan).
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding these actions?
How do you think they will contribute to the goals of respectful end of life?
What will be important to achieving those goals through these actions?
Do you think there are any important gaps?
Which actions should be given priority, and why?
6. Implementation, measurement and review
The draft Strategy includes proposals for implementing, measuring and reviewing its
actions (see pages 41–42 of the Action Plan).
a. Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding these proposals?
b. What are the key enablers and barriers to effective implementation,
measurement and review, and how do we best manage these?
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