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Integrating occupational therapy services – playing the long game

Integrating occupational therapy services – playing the long game PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore some of the critical areas of work in any long-term strategy to develop integrated occupational therapy services across health and social care for adults who are frail and elderly and living in their local communities. It explores the success that has been experienced in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board over the past eight years or more and proposes “keeping the faith” as a helpful personal strategy in avoiding disillusionment and disengagement in the process when setbacks occur along the way.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a combination of personal reflection and experience, with reference to the literature and what has been written about others’ professional experiences at bringing services and professional groups together.FindingsDeveloping integrated occupational therapy services is not easy. However there are several critical factors, which once understood for their role in the overall process, add weight to the “right thing to do” argument. These “critical factors” provide a continued focus for the work when the challenges inherent in developing integrated services are in danger of outweighing the successes and the pressure is strong to revert to the default position of single agency service delivery.Originality/valueThis paper makes an effort to pursue integrated occupational services to serve as an example of wider attempts to pursue collaboration and integration, highlighting the need for remaining doggedly determined on the final objective – better services for people. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Integrated Care Emerald Publishing

Integrating occupational therapy services – playing the long game

Kelly, Janet
Journal of Integrated Care , Volume 23 (4): 9 – Aug 17, 2015
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Emerald Publishing
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1476-9018
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10.1108/JICA-05-2015-0020
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore some of the critical areas of work in any long-term strategy to develop integrated occupational therapy services across health and social care for adults who are frail and elderly and living in their local communities. It explores the success that has been experienced in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board over the past eight years or more and proposes “keeping the faith” as a helpful personal strategy in avoiding disillusionment and disengagement in the process when setbacks occur along the way.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a combination of personal reflection and experience, with reference to the literature and what has been written about others’ professional experiences at bringing services and professional groups together.FindingsDeveloping integrated occupational therapy services is not easy. However there are several critical factors, which once understood for their role in the overall process, add weight to the “right thing to do” argument. These “critical factors” provide a continued focus for the work when the challenges inherent in developing integrated services are in danger of outweighing the successes and the pressure is strong to revert to the default position of single agency service delivery.Originality/valueThis paper makes an effort to pursue integrated occupational services to serve as an example of wider attempts to pursue collaboration and integration, highlighting the need for remaining doggedly determined on the final objective – better services for people.

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Journal of Integrated Care – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 17, 2015

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