... and individuals who can contribute uniquely. It also focuses on defined and measurable output that can make health a topic of social movement or “Jan Andolan” and create a sustainable and integrated care system. Originality/value The study is unique as it focuses on the role of stakeholders in health care...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Seniors Vulnerable population Integrated care Toronto Canada Health care Social care Integrated health and social care (IHSC) is a phenomenon which has been shown to produce positive health and social care outcomes for older adults and can...

... Integrated care Cross-boundary collaboration Health care Social care Middle manager Discourse The Finnish Work Environment Fund (Työsuojelurahasto, TSR) Despite attempts to promote integrated care, the fields of health care and social care in many countries still work in their own silos...

... the critical framework articulated by Le Grand about the underlying assumptions of health care policy and practice. Findings It is argued that patient perspectives are speciously placed at the centre of integration policy but mask the existing organizational and managerial rationalities of integration...

... data analysis approaches, as opposed to static model development and testing. Evaluators may find research designs useful that champion realist approaches or single-n designs. This paper reflects on the emerging literature and changing practice of data generation and data use in health care...

... in facilitating the implementation of IC in a rural setting where there are medical workforce constraints. Evidence-based practice Health care Costs Integrated care Chronic care Fee for service Integrated care (IC) is often seen as a potential solution to the challenges of multimorbid...

... their formation and use, and is completely voluntary. If an ACO meets certain quality metrics and reduces health care spending to levels below projected costs, it shares the savings with the insurers. ACOs have the potential to align many different incentives in order to improve health system quality...

... with such sustained pressures, the day-to-day priority has had to be on caring for people in immediate crisis, making longer-term debates about how to prevent people reaching A&E difficult to contemplate in such a busy and stressed environment. Integration Health care Social care General practitioners...

... can be contacted at: alakesonvidhya@yahoo.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Health and social care Personal budgets Integrated care Integration Policy implementation Self‐directed care Health care Social care One of the long‐term challenges facing the NHS...

... the following elements in place: Service integration Community‐based care Integrated health and social care Health care Social care One outcome of the debate generated by the passage through Parliament of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act is the emphasis currently placed on the anticipated...

... Joint commissioning Health care Social care Over time, health and social care policy has placed growing emphasis on the importance of a commissioning‐led approach and on the need for more effective health and social care partnerships. Combining these two agendas, policy has increasingly...

... of LETBs as well as social care leaders and workforce planners. In addition the article will be of interest to those supporting integrated workforce planning and development across the UK and internationally. Health care Social care Workforce Integrated care Education Training The publication...

... structures focuses on eliciting interlinking and coordinating approaches to care provided by different services in different settings to older people in need. Integrated health and social care Long‐term care Older people Health care Social care Elderly people The results and products from...

.../approach The case study draws on existing literature and policy documents to analyse the progress of integrated care in Taiwan, with wider implications identified internationally. Findings For many years Taiwan's health care and social services were separated, however, there is growing momentum...

... have important lessons for England, Scotland and Wales which are moving in a similar direction. Deirdre Heenan can be contacted at: da.heenan@ulster.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Northern Ireland Integrated care Health care Social care Health...

... Integrated care Health care Social care Courts of Appeal Liabilities Care partnerships Integrated health and social care Multi‐disciplinary teamwork Integration of care provision in England and Wales often takes the form of close working arrangements between employees of different public bodies...

.... Over the past decade integrating care and services has become an important development to better serve client needs and reduce fragmentation within several health care systems. Integrated care is executed in a variety of ways and generates substantial enthusiasm and belief in its impact by involved...

... United Kingdom National Health Service Health care Social care Integrated care Integration Interagency working Health and social care Carers The government's keenly awaited adult social care White Paper, Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support (Department of Health (DH...

...‐designed studies are still required in order to strengthen the evidence‐base and provide the support needed to improve the design of the physical environment of dementia care facilities. Dementia Nursing homes Care homes Architecture Health care Social care Northern Ireland Medical conditions...

... such as commissioning and care management as currently practiced have lost their focus and purpose and should encourage reflective practice and renewed rigour around policy implementation of current social care priorities. Policy implementation Care management Commissioning Social care policy Health care Social...