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Engaging the independent sector in the development of intermediate care
- Author:
- BORKETT Phillip
- Publisher:
- Independent Healthcare Association
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Intermediate care potentially offers older people appropriate and quality services as an alternative to hospital admission or to aid a speedy discharge from hospital. Properly organised intermediate care schemes can provide a period of intense professional support when and where it is needed, as well as contribute to the effectiveness of the whole health and social care system. Such schemes put the service user first, and work to create positive partnerships between the various agencies who have responsibilities for different parts of the service; and fundamentally, between the independent and public sector health and social care communities.