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Intermediate care or integrated care: the Scottish perspective on support provision for older people
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(6), December 2003, pp.7-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looks at how the concept of intermediate care appears to have been rejected in Scotland in favour of an emphasis on integrated care. The article explores the apparent divergence in the broader context of policy variation post-devolution and against the aspirations for a whole-system approach.
Intermediate care: what do we know about older people's experiences?
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 37p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Traditionally ‘intermediate care’ has often been used to refer to a range of services at the boundary of primary and secondary care, although there have been differing assumptions as to the goal of intermediate care, the intensity of support provision and the appropriate target groups. Confusingly, intermediate care has also been used within the hospital as a term for units located between the intensive care unit and the general ward. The current form of intermediate care provision started to shape up with the NHS Plan. This proposed a range of intermediate care services designed to bridge between hospital and home and to: help people recover and regain independence more quickly; bring about swifter hospital discharge when people are ready to leave; and avoid unnecessary long-term care.