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Joining up care around the individual – lessons from Vancouver

Joining up care around the individual – lessons from Vancouver Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe lessons learned from a homecare practice for frail elderly people. Design/methodology/approach – It is strictly a description of a point of view in respect of care of frailty designed to avoid institution. Findings – Generally, frail elderly patients choose care focused on comfort and function as opposed to the traditional systematic healthcare goals of rescue and prevention. This choice should be respected. Research limitations/implications – There are no formal research findings. Practical implications – Cost‐saving as well as improvement in care is possible through team‐based relationship‐oriented homecare of the frail elderly where that care emphasizes comfort and function. Originality/value – This paper is authored by Dr John Sloan and is entirely original. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Integrated Care Emerald Publishing

Joining up care around the individual – lessons from Vancouver

Journal of Integrated Care , Volume 22 (2): 7 – Apr 14, 2014

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1476-9018
DOI
10.1108/JICA-11-2013-0045
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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe lessons learned from a homecare practice for frail elderly people. Design/methodology/approach – It is strictly a description of a point of view in respect of care of frailty designed to avoid institution. Findings – Generally, frail elderly patients choose care focused on comfort and function as opposed to the traditional systematic healthcare goals of rescue and prevention. This choice should be respected. Research limitations/implications – There are no formal research findings. Practical implications – Cost‐saving as well as improvement in care is possible through team‐based relationship‐oriented homecare of the frail elderly where that care emphasizes comfort and function. Originality/value – This paper is authored by Dr John Sloan and is entirely original.

Journal

Journal of Integrated CareEmerald Publishing

Published: Apr 14, 2014

Keywords: Integrated care; Care and support; Community care; Self‐directed care; Chronic Care

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