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9781843100102

Integrating Care for Older People: New Care for Old - A Systems Approach

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    9781843100102

  • ISBN10:

    184310010X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-05-01
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY
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Summary

(Jessica Kingsley Publishers) Presents practical experience on implementing a multi-agency approach to the support of older people. Illustrates how cooperation between medical, social, and community services enables the older person to become an equal partner in the decision-making process. Softcover.

Author Biography

Christopher Foote was a consultant physician in General Medicine with a particular interest in the care of the elderly. He is currently an independent consultant in integrated care systems, having spent 15 years in their development Christine Stanners trained and practiced as a hospital social worker. She became a manager in the voluntary sector and was project manager of the integrated care system for older people described in the book. She is currently involved in locality development

Table of Contents

List of Figures
6(1)
List of Tables
7(1)
List of Chapter appendices
7(2)
Foreword 9(3)
Preface: Introducing Emily: Problems in the current systems of care for older people 12(1)
Introduction 13(12)
The Roots of Discrimination
25(21)
Trying to Understand It All: A Systems Approach
46(21)
Implementation Models
67(22)
Assessment: Getting to Know the Older Person
89(21)
Preventing Crises: Health Promotion, Chronic Disease Management and Risk Management
110(24)
Putting it in Place: Some Solutions
134(33)
Information Systems: Connecting Places
167(23)
Involving the Users
190(35)
Evaluating an Integrated Care System
225(46)
Levers and Tools for Integrating Care
271(34)
The New Professionals: New Ways of Working Together for Integrated Care
305(18)
Changing Places: The Way Ahead for the Care of Older People
323(22)
Integrating Care at the End of Life
345(8)
Epilogue: Remember Emily? Meet Winifred 353(4)
Appendix A EPICS - A Profile of an Elderly Persons Integrated Care System in South Buckinghamshire 357(3)
Appendix B Other Models of Integrated Care 360(8)
Acknowledgements 368(3)
About the authors 371(2)
Subject index 373(10)
Author index 383

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