Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 14 Issue 3

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

The White Paper and Prospects for Social Care: A Personal View

Peter Beresford

This article offers a personal view of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, from a service user perspective. The Minister for Care Services, Liam Byrne, has stressed…

Learning from Doing: Implications of the Barking and Dagenham Experience for Integrating Health and Social Care

Gerald Wistow, Eileen Waddington

Local government and the NHS in Barking and Dagenham embarked on a bold initiative in 2001 to integrate health and social care management structures. Although it was not…

Extra Care Housing for People with Dementia

John Dow

This article considers some of the legal complexities involved in developing extra care housing for people with dementia.

From Care Management to Case Management: What can the NHS Learn from the Social Care Experience?

Sally Jacobs, Jane Hughes, David Challis, Karen Stewart, Kate Weiner

Care management has developed in a variety of forms. This diary study explores differences in the approach taken to care management in three distinct social service settings…

Making the Link: Ageing and Sight Loss

Carol Smith

This article reports on a national project being developed by the Royal National Institute of the Blind. It is aimed at improving health and social care for older people with…

An Evaluation of Integrated Team Management

Terry Scragg

This article reports the findings of an initial evaluation of integrated team management in a health and social care trust. It describes the main findings and discusses the impact…