Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 20 Issue 5

The capacity of health services research to support integrated care in England

Geoffrey Meads, Donna White, Matthew Westmore

This report aims to examine the capacity for research to support integrated care developments. The focus is on health service research agencies in English universities. It is…

Integrating public and private home care services: the Kotitori model in Tampere, Finland

Liina‐Kaisa Tynkkynen, Kari Hakari, Timo Koistinen, Juhani Lehto, Sari Miettinen

This case study aims to introduce a novel home care service integrator model called “Kotitori”. In the model the City contracts with a private provider, which, in turn, works with…

Improving autism services in Hampshire: a lifespan approach

Rachel Dittrich, Linda Burgess

This article aims to report the findings of a consultation in which people with autism, their families, carers and professionals were asked about their experiences of living with…

“Happily independent” – configuring the Gwent frailty support and wellbeing worker

Kevin Barber, Carolyn Wallace

This article aims to report on the configuration of the integrated Support and Wellbeing Worker (SWB) role in an innovative Gwent Frailty programme from 2009 until 2011.

Designing dementia nursing and residential care homes

Karim Hadjri, Verity Faith, Maria McManus

This study seeks to appraise the design of nursing and residential care homes for people with dementia in Northern Ireland using the design audit checklist developed by the…

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite