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Integrating services for older people: a resource book for managers
- Editors:
- NIES Henk, BERMAN Philip C., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- European Health Management Association
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 264p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Providing appropriate, sustainable care to older people for the coming decades is a challenge that all EU member states are facing, because of demographic changes, cost containment and empowerment. An increasing number of older people have long-term, complex needs which may require support from any combination of primary, residential or acute hospital care, as well as social care and practical support. A key solution to this challenge is integrated care – a well-planned and well-organised set of services and care processes, targeted at the multidimensional needs and problems of an individual client, or at a group of people with similar needs or problems. Members of the integrated care team work closely to offer timely detection, appropriate assessment, treatment and care, so that the older person‘s health and well-being might be significantly enhanced. This resource book for managers provides guidelines for those involved in the development of integrated care services, focusing on the management of integrated care at the client level, the organisation level and the system level, this book will be invaluable to managers and professionals in the health and social care field.