Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 13 Issue 6

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Focusing on Outcomes: Their Role in Partnership Policy and Practice

Alison Petch, Ailsa Cook, Emma Miller

Policy and practice documents are increasingly adopting a focus on outcomes. This article seeks to clarify what is meant by the term ‘outcome’, the outcomes that have been…

Modernising Adult Social Care: Researching the Impact of Reform on Service Users

Janet Newman

This article highlights challenges faced by researchers in the Department of Health's programme of research on Modernising Adult Social Care in trying to assess the impact of…

Managing Assistive Technology in Hospice Homecare: Implications for Multi‐disciplinary Teams

Michelle Cornes, Pauline Weinstein

Assistive technology can make a significant difference to the lives of service users and carers, especially when dovetailed with health, housing and social care. In support of…

Modernising Adult Protection: An Inside or an Outside Job?

Jill Manthorpe, Bridget Penhale, Neil Perkins, Lisa Pinkney, Paul Kingston

This article presents an analysis of modernisation as it affects adult protection in England. One of the key policy goals of modernisation has been to improve protection of…

Joint Working Between Social and Health Services in the Care of Older People in the Community: A Cost Study

Paul McCrone, Steve Iliffe, Enid Levin, Kalpa Kharicha, Barbara Davey

There have been few economic evaluations of joint working between social and health care. This paper focuses on collaboration between professionals providing care for people aged…