Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 12 Issue 1

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Towards Integrated Health and Social Care for Older People: A European Review

J. Billings, A. Alaszewski, K. Coxon

This paper provides a European overview of alternative approaches to integrated care for older people, drawing from a wider European project entitled PROCARE. It discusses the…

Home, Sweet Home

John Dow

This article considers the application of upper cost policies to domiciliary care packages and the problems and pitfalls that can occur in practice.

Leading the Drive for Evidence‐Informed Practice

Rhiannon Hodson, Elizabeth Cooke

This article examines the challenges facing agencies working across social care, health, education and voluntary sector boundaries in leading a drive for evidence‐informed…

Using the Evidence to Develop Quality Assistive Technology Services

Gail Mountain

The ramifications of assistive technology for both current and future service provision are wide. In recent years, policy makers have become increasingly aware of the potential of…

Bringing Health and Social Care Together for Older People: Wiltshire's Journey from Independence to Interdependence to Integration

Ray Jones

The paper charts ten years of movement in Wiltshire towards greater integration for health and social care, and highlights two important messages for others at different stages of…

Improving Intermediate Care: Giving Practitioners a Voice

Susan Nancarrow

This paper presents the experiences and perspectives of practitioners involved in the delivery of intermediate care. The findings emerged from three workshops involving…

Organising Social Care Knowledge: In Search of a ‘Fit for Purpose’ Classification

Lesley Grayson, Annette Boaz, Andrew Long

Classification is a useful tool for understanding, organising and accessing knowledge. It can form a valuable part of the infrastructure of evidence based policy and practice by…