PRACTITIONER NETWORK ON AGEING LAUNCH EVENT IN WALES
On March 18th 2006 in Cardiff the Practitioner Network on Ageing (PNOA) was formally launched in a celebratory event. It was attended by various voluntary housing and care organisations as well as private sector groups and older people organisations. Roy Noble OBE – BBC Wales personality was the guest speaker and the event was formally introduced by Lorraine Morgan, the Honorary Founder Chair of PNOA.
PNOA, in its embryonic form, was set up in 2000 as a result of the concern expressed by a nurse who had reported some elder abuse at her workplace and wanted to try and improve how good practice could be shared better. PNOA now includes any practitioners who work with older people. It is now a new and unique UK Network, begun and based in Wales, of like minded people who have begun the process to develop a resource, a ‘one stop shop’ of information, networking and good practice examples. PNOA is not a lobbying group – but set up to raise awareness through sharing and developing good practice in all areas of interest and work with Older People.
The Network is an independent, non-governmental, non-for-profit association of members. The words "practitioner" and "practice" in this description shall be taken to refer to all persons who work with older people as their key focus and/or have specialist interest in working with older people and/or the study of ageing and gerontology..
The term ‘work’ would include research, practice, partnership, management, advocacy, support and advice. The term ‘gerontology’ is the applied to the study of ageing. The organisation will actively encourage older practitioners to join the Network.
The aim of the Association is to act as a strong focus for
practitioners interested in and/or working with older people. It
will serve its members, older people and the public by promoting
excellence in practice through the generation, synthesis, and
dissemination of practice and practitioner
knowledge..
