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innovations occurring in these settings are more generally taken up? For new practices originating in private establishments it will be particularly difficult. We must have a system that recognises, assesses, and communicates these new practices for the benefit of all elderly people. The route for their dissemination should be through purchasing authorities ensuring that they have the means to recognise innovation and to incorporate it into contracts with all their providers.