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Volume 18, Issue 2
2 April 2010
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Review Article| April 02 2010

When Practical Help is Valued so Much by Older People, Why do Professionals Fail to Recognise its Value? Available to Purchase

Tula Brannelly;
Tula Brannelly
School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, New Zealand
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Bob Matthews
Bob Matthews
School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8685
Print ISSN: 1476-9018
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2010
Journal of Integrated Care (2010) 18 (2): 33–40.
https://doi.org/10.5042/jic.2010.0134

This article draws on the evaluation of a handyperson service which augments health and social services to enable older frail people to remain living at home. It considers current trends and policy, and asks why practical help is under‐valued by professionals caring for older people.

Keywords:
Multifactorial care, Independent living, Falls prevention, Isolation, Older people
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