...Siu Mee Cheng; Cristina Catallo Purpose The Healthy at Home (H@H) is an older adult day program that is in Toronto in Ontario, Canada. This is an integrated health and social care (IHSC) program that seeks to address the social isolation and health needs of a highly vulnerable older adult...

...Stephen Gibb Purpose Recruitment to social care roles can be the weakest link in many integrated systems, with vacancy rates being very high compared to other sectors, especially in remote and rural places. Analysis of Employer Value Propositions (EVPs) in social care can capture and challenge...

... collaboration is constructed in the discourse of middle-level managers in health and social care. Design/methodology/approach The study was based on a discursive approach. Group discussions with three groups of Finnish middle managers (n = 39) were analyzed using discourse analysis. Findings...

... are also considered. Research limitations/implications – Findings are taken from one case study site; further research in different sites is required to consider the array of understandings and experiences across the social care landscape and to provide a strong empirical baseline. Originality...

... factors that made a difference in this collaboration, which could be harnessed elsewhere. Originality/value From the outset, a key driver for the IOP has been to align health, social care and housing processes by bringing together practitioners and senior managers to identify need and to plan and deliver...

...Jenny Billings; Esther de Weger Purpose – Service transformation of health and social care is currently requiring commissioners to assess the suitability of their contracting mechanisms to ensure goodness of fit with the integration agenda. The purpose of this paper is to provide a description...

...Anna Coleman; Caroline Glendinning Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine research evidence on collaboration between primary and adult social care in strategic, rather than operational, activities at two different time points, following large-scale changes within the health and social...

...Alan Lotinga Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the approach adopted to building relationships between health and social care in Birmingham. Design/methodology/approach – This is a practical case study, reflecting on personal experience of being directly involved...

..., b). Official national policy in England welcomes more integrated working between arts and care (e.g. Arts Council England, 2007b), but it is not clear that the actual development of such working is a high national priority in policy or practice. Health Social care Integration End of life...

... in social care and personal health budgets together, they can provide a vehicle for integration across health and social care systems. If integration starts from, and responds to, what matters most to individuals rather than with the development of joint structures and processes, the result is more likely...

...Michael Coupe Purpose The paper draws on the experience of the health and social care system in Herefordshire to answer what, when and how improvements in cost and quality can be realised through service integration. Design/methodology/approach The three stages in the evolution of integrated...

... are clear about what they are trying to deliver through joint commissioning or else risk that it becomes an end in itself. Some of the current reforms taking place in health and social care risk pulling apart existing relationships that have taken significant time and resource to develop. Originality...

...Virginia McCririck; Rhidian Hughes Purpose NHS reforms in England led to the establishment of Local Education and Training Board (LETBs) to ensure the future supply of staff. LETBs have an important role in addressing health and social care integration. This paper aims to stimulate debate, ideas...

... with the health and social care systems, and formal and informal care. Design/methodology/approach Through the development of a template, it accumulated and validated practice examples that described good policy and practice, transferable across EU member states. Findings The outcome was to assemble...

... policy on market facilitation in social care and its implications for health and wellbeing boards. Bill Mumford can be contacted at: bill.mumford@macintyrecharity.org © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Health and wellbeing boards Provider engagement Care market facilitation...

... for Staffordshire. Membership reflects the statutory requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 but has also been widened to include other critical partners who are key players in improving the health and well being of the population of Staffordshire. An example of this is the Staffordshire chief...

...Derek Birrell; Deirdre Heenan Purpose This paper assesses the recommendations and proposals contained in Transforming Your Care, the recent review of health and social care in Northern Ireland, in the context of the existing integrated structures. It is designed to promote a better...

... child. First, there was a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service whose patients included Mr B's daughter. Second, a crisis resolution team (CRT) and Mr B was on their caseload. Third, a community mental health team (CMHT). This was an integrated health and social care team staffed by employees...

...Don Brand Purpose This article begins a series of three about making a reality of integration policy in health and social care at individual, functional and cultural levels. Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines messages from policy debate and the Adult Social Care White Paper about...

... in the future. Dr Rhidian Hughes can be contacted at: rhidianhughes@me.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Taiwan Integrated care Social services Social care Health care Social policy Comparative policy Integration Around the world changing demographic patterns coupled...