Integrating care for older people : new care for old, a systems approach / / Christopher Foote and Christine Stanners

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816775403321
• Autore: Foote Christopher <1939->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002
• ISBN: 1-280-40779-4; 9786610407798; 1-4175-5376-6; 1-84642-196-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 384 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): StannersChristine <1935->
• Disciplina: 362.6/0941
• Soggetti: Integrated delivery of health care - Great Britain; Older people - Care - Great Britain; Older people - Services for - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Integrating Care for Older People New Care for Old - A Systems Approach -- Contents -- 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 -- Chapter 1 The Roots of Discrimination -- Chapter 2 Trying To Understand It All: A Systems Approach -- CHAPTER 3 Implementation Models -- Chapter 4 Assessment: Getting to Know the Older Person -- Chapter 5 Preventing Crises: Health Promotion, Chronic Disease Management, and Risk Management -- Chapter 6 Putting it in Place: Some Solutions -- Chapter 7 Information Systems: Connecting Places -- Chapter 8 Involving the Users -- Chapter 9 Evaluating an Integrated Care System -- Chapter 10 Levers and Tools for Integrating Care -- Chapter 11 The New Professionals: New Ways of Working Together for Integrated Care -- Chapter 12 Changing Places: The Way Ahead for the Care of Older People -- Chapter 13 Integrating Care at the End of Life -- Epilogue Remember Emily? Meet Winifred -- APPENDIX A EPICS - A Profile of an Elderly Persons Integrated Care System in South Buckinghamshire -- APPENDIX B Other Models of ; Integrated Care -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors of this book share their practical experience of implementing a multi-agency approach to the support of older people. They show how systems thinking can help with the complexity of developing a model of care that co-ordinates medical, social and community services and offer insight into the effective use of on-going assessment.