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Integrating Care for Older People New Care for Old - A Systems Approach

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ISBN-10: 184310010X

ISBN-13: 9781843100102

Edition: 2002

Authors: Christopher Foote, Christine Stanners

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The authors of this text share their experience on implementing a multi-agency approach to the support of older people, and provide a model of care that co-ordinates medical, social and community services.
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Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 5/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Chapter appendices
Foreword
Preface: Introducing Emily: Problems in the current systems of care for older people
Introduction
The Roots of Discrimination
Trying to Understand It All: A Systems Approach
Implementation Models
Assessment: Getting to Know the Older Person
Preventing Crises: Health Promotion, Chronic Disease Management and Risk Management
Putting it in Place: Some Solutions
Information Systems: Connecting Places
Involving the Users
Evaluating an Integrated Care System
Levers and Tools for Integrating Care
The New Professionals: New Ways of Working Together for Integrated Care
Changing Places: The Way Ahead for the Care of Older People
Integrating Care at the End of Life
Epilogue: Remember Emily? Meet Winifred
EPICS - A Profile of an Elderly Persons Integrated Care System in South Buckinghamshire
Other Models of Integrated Care
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Subject index
Author index
List of Figures
Problems with hospital admission viewed from a systems perspective
The vicious cycle of primary-secondary interface
Systems map of integrated care
Reinforcing and balancing loops
Contrasting machines and complex adaptive systems
The integrative whole systems model
Moving the older person line down
Moving the crisis line up
Reducing the number of critical events
The integrative care management model
Value of 'older person partnership'
EPICS organizational structure - EPICS-r-US
EPICS management and line management system
Setting up and sustaining an integrated care system
Setting up and sustaining an integrated care system (contd.)
Aims and objectives of a local Older Persons Action Group
The continuous evaluation process