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Richard BakerRichard chairs the anti-discrimination expert group within AGE, the European Older People’s Platform,which supports anti-discrimination work across Europe and involves representation from the 25Member States of the EU and international associations. Richard works on a number of key areas forAGE including employment and productive ageing, anti-discrimination, regional policy and ruralaffairs.In the field of discrimination, Richard represented Age Concern as a member of the DTI’s AgeAdvisory Group between 2001 and 2004, and advised on the implementation of the EU EmploymentDirective. He has also participated in the DTI’s Fair Markets project.He is a board member of PRIME, an initiative which promotes self-employment for older people, anda Trustee of the Employers Forum on Age (EFA), an employer-led organisation which promotes agediversity in employment.Bob CarrollFollowing careers in teaching and the management of a variety of projects for voluntary andstatutory social welfare agencies, Bob Carroll was appointed as the first executive of the NationalCouncil for the Aged, and subsequently Director of the NCAOP, a statutory body established by theMinister for Health and Children to advise on all aspects of ageing and older people.74Loretta CrawleyLoretta Crawley is currently employed as a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UniversityCollege Dublin. She is a registered general nurse, registered midwife, registered orthopaedic nurseand nurse tutor, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Studies from UCD.Loretta completed a Masters in Equality Studies and is now a registered PhD student in equalitystudies researching older people’s perceptions of ageing and ageism.Niall CrowleyNiall Crowley has been the CEO of The Equality Authority since its establishment in 1999. Prior tothis, he worked in the community and voluntary sector on a wide range of equality issues. He hasbeen a member of the NESF and the National Economic and Social Council (NESC).Karen ErwinKaren Erwin is the Managing Director of Erwin Mediation Services Ltd, a company which providescommercial mediation services in Ireland. Karen is an ADR Group accredited mediator and is also ontheir mediation panel. She is a member of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association (ICMA) andthe Mediators Institute of Ireland, and has thirty years of experience in dispute resolution.Karen qualified as a solicitor in 1976 and at the age of 28, in 1980, she became the first womanpartner of A&L Goodbody, Ireland’s largest firm of solicitors. In 1994, Karen was appointed the firstConference Proceedings
woman executive director of The Irish Times Ltd and Group General Counsel. In 2000, she wasappointed to chair the Interim Board of the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority(IAASA) and, in 2003, was appointed to her second Government position, as chairperson of TheEquality Authority.Ros LevensonRos Levenson is an independent policy consultant, researcher and a visiting fellow at the King’sFund, London. She has published widely on a range of health and social care topics and has aparticular interest in older people. Ros is the author of the King’s Fund guide, Auditing AgeDiscrimination: A Practical Approach to Promoting Age Equality in Health and Social Care, publishedin 2003, and A Toolkit for Older People’s Champions – A Resource for Non-Executive Directors,Councillors and Older People Acting as Older People’s Champions, published in 2004. Ros is also anon-executive director of an NHS Trust in London.Eileen McGloneEileen McGlone is one of the founders of QE5 Consultancy and has led the team in many researchprojects in the public sector and community and voluntary sector, in both the Republic of Ireland andNorthern Ireland. She has an extensive knowledge of public sector management acquired from 21years of working in the NHS. She is a qualified RMN, holds a Certificate in Counselling and a Diplomain Advanced Health Care Studies from Queen’s University, Belfast. She also holds a BSc in Healthand Social Services Management from the University of Manchester.In her career within the health services, she was a specialist practitioner in the care of older people.She worked for many years as a dementia liaison nurse before becoming a care manager for olderpeople and mental health services. Prior to leaving the NHS, she was employed as a communityservices manager, where she managed multidisciplinary teams, service development and budgets.75Sylvia MeehanSylvia is a former secondary school teacher and school vice-president, who became well-knownnationally in the 1970s when involved in the establishment of the Council for the Status of Women.Her national profile continued as chief executive and chairperson of the Employment Equality Agency.Since her retirement, she has been active on ageing issues as a member of the NCAOP, a boardmember of Age and Opportunity, and an officer of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament (ISCP), thelargest membership organisation of older people in Ireland. In April 2000, she was elected Presidentof the ISCP.Craig MuirCraig Muir is Director of Older People and Disability Services at the UK Department of Health. He hasresponsibility for the NSF for Older People, a ten-year NHS and social services programme,introduced in 2001. The NSF for Older People is the key vehicle for ensuring that the needs of olderpeople are at the heart of the reform programme for health and social services in the UK. It sets outnational standards and service models of care for all older people, whether they live at home, inresidential care or are being looked after in hospital.From Ageism to Age Equality: Addressing the Challenges
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From Ageism to Age Equality:Address
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Presentations in the Final Session
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What is Ageism?Loretta Crawley,Scho
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Ageism and Attitudes toOlder People
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