Dignity in Practice: An exploration of the care of older adults in acute NHS Trusts

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s Submitted British Sociological Association Annual Conference, April 2011, ‘Socials, a-copias, outliers and boarders: Who is the ‘right’ acute hospital patient?’ Hillman A, Tadd W, Calnan S and Calnan M. Calnan M, Tadd W, Hillman S , Calnan S, Bayer A and Read S ‘Right Place – Wrong Patient’: why acute hospitals do not work for older people. Health Policy and Politics Network Conference, September 2011, Oxford. Invited presentations Tadd W. and Calnan M., (2011) ‘Dignity in practice: an exploration of the care of older adults in acute NHS trusts’ SDO Network Chief Executives’ Forum, May 5 London and May 19 Nottingham. Tadd W, Hillman S , Calnan S, Calnan M, Bayer A and Read S., (2011) Keynote presentation ‘Dignity in Care: The reality of making it happen in practice’ Dignity in Care Conference: Because it matters, hosted by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Staffordshire University, Faculty of Health, Shropshire Education and Conference Centre 12 May 2011 . © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2011. This work was produced by Tadd et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health. Project 08/1819/218 255 Tadd W, Hillman S , Calnan S, Calnan M, Bayer A and Read S., (2011) ‘From right placewrong person to Right place right person’ invited presentation Delivering Better Health Services, 2011 Joint HSRN and SDO Network Annual Conference, 7 and 8 June 2011, Liverpool. Win Tadd has been invited to give a key note paper at the British Geriatric Society National Meeting May 16 – 18 2012, Llandudno. Presentations Hillman A, Tadd W, Calnan S and Calnan M W, Embodiment, identity and accomplishing dignity: Caring for older people on acute hospital wards, World Congress of Sociology held in Gothenburg, Sweden, July 11 to 17, 2010.