Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 9 Issue 6
Practical evidence for service improvement
Table of contents
Evidence‐Based Care: Developing the Discussion
Peter BeresfordThe aim of this article is to take forward the helpful discussion of ‘What works in community care’ offered by Janet Lewis (2001). Her focus was on ‘evidence‐based approaches to…
Policy and Practice in Mental Health Promotion in England: An Overview
Lindsey Coombes, Jane Coffey, Helen BartlettThe importance of mental health promotion is increasingly being recognised as a policy issue in the UK, although little is known yet about progress towards implementing mental…
Care Management in Primary Health Care Teams: The Basingstoke ‘Links Scheme’
Clive LindsayA social services team manager traces the development of efforts to build better links with primary health care services, and reports on the benefits which have been observed in…
Hearing What Users Say: The Importance of Training for High Quality Management in Dementia Care
Jonathan Parker, Bridget Penhale, Jill Manthorpe, Greta BradleyThis paper explores the importance of seeking the views of service users with dementia. This is fundamental to raising quality standards in the management of dementia care, and…
Promoting Interdependence: A New Challenge in Developing Services For Older People?
Helen BowersThis article presents evidence gained from development projects and consultancy across the country about the meaning and nature of ‘independence’. The concept is examined in…
Care Standards Act 2000: (2) Domiciliary Care and Other Services
John DowThe National Care Standards Commission will regulate standards of domiciliary care for the first time. This article looks at the provisions of the Care Standards Act relating to…
Employees with Long‐term Limiting Illnesses or Disabilities
John McLeanThis research summary reports on the prevalence, nature and diversity of social services employees with a serious illness or disability, and considers how employers can address…
ISSN:
1476-9018Online date, start – end:
1996Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Professor Axel Kaehne