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PROVIDING INTEGRATED HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FOR OLDER PERSONS: A EUROPEAN OVERVIEW OF...; ED. BY KAI LEICHSENRING.
Author: Providing Integrated Health and Social Care for Older Persons
Author: Kai LeichsenringPublisher: Ashgate Publishing
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Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Originating from a project in the EU Fifth Framework Programme, this volume contributes to the development of new concepts for integrated health and social care. The project identifies structural, organizational, economic, social and cultural factors that constitute integrated care systems with enhanced outcomes for the different stakeholders involved in care for older persons. The book provides a unique overview of European approaches towards integrated social and health care services. Scholars from leading research and consulting agencies in nine EU member states (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK) present policies that are being developed to face the growing need of care in ageing societies. They also portray examples of successful approaches, along with some 50 model ways of working to overcome the 'social-health divide'. Reading this book will help researchers, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the meaning of social and health care services' integration and coordination in Europe.
PROVIDING INTEGRATED HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR OLDER PERSONS
Author: ANDY M. ALASZEWSKIPublisher:
ISBN: 9781351151085
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
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Originally published in 2004. Providing Integrated Health and Social Care for Older Persons - Issues, Problems and Solutions (PROCARE)" is a project in the EU Fifth Framework Programme (Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Area "The Ageing Population and Disabilities") that aims to help in defining the new concept of an integrated health and social care for older persons in need of care by comparing and evaluating different modes of care delivery. The project will identify structural, organisational, economic and social-cultural factors and actors that constitute an integrated and sustainable care system with enhanced outcomes for all actors involved. This book gathers the achievements of the first project phase (2002) that consisted in a literature overview focusing on the question which of the variety of innovations in modes of organisation, finance and professional collaboration observed in Europe over the last decade have been the most successful and long-lasting ones. Thus, national reports from nine EU Member States (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK) will be presented by scholars from leading research and consulting agencies in these countries. The national reports follow a mutually agreed structure. The publication is introduced by a general overview and a more theoretic article defining the issues at stake. The book gives a unique general overview on European approaches towards integrated social and health care services and policies that are to be developed to face the growing need of care in ageing societies; furthermore, it provides indicators for successful approaches and models of good practice to overcome the "social-health-divide" and a better understanding of the meaning of integrated services and coordination of social and health systems in the different countries. Finally, facts and figures about coordination at the interface between health and social care for older persons as well as problems and solutions (
Integrating Health and Social Care Services for Older Persons
Author: Jenny BillingsPublisher: Ashgate Publishing
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This volume offers a European consensus on how to integrate health and social care services for the elderly in Europe. The volume is comparative between nine EU member states and is trans-national comprising scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and consultants.
From Red to Gray
Author: Mukesh ChawlaPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821371304
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Conventional wisdom holds that aging populations are unfavorable for economic growth because of their potential impacts on labor supply, productivity, and savings. When this is coupled with the increased spending pressures because of pension requirements and health care, aging societies are likely to face serious fiscal problems. This report addresses these concerns in the unique context of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union where many countries are aging rapidly without the economic resources and institutional capacity of other aging societies in Western Europe and Japan.
Billings, Jenny; Leichsenring, Kai (eds.): Integrating Health and Social Care Services for Older Persons: Evidence from Nine European Countries
Author: Sharon Shiovitz-EzraMainstreaming Ageing
Author: Asghar ZaidiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351920952
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older people to contribute to the development of their societies. In monitoring its implementation two key approaches are evident: a qualitative bottom-up participatory approach and an approach that uses quantitative indicators to monitor sustainable progress and policies. With the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, playing a pivotal role in the monitoring of the implementation process, one of its key tasks has been to develop a list of 'indicators of achievement'. This book contains extended and revised versions of policy briefs and background papers that support the implementation monitoring process. The analyses included in these chapters make concrete suggestions towards quantitative indicators, with the aim of assisting national governments in mainstreaming ageing in their policies. The contributors provide an overview of the current situation with respect to population ageing and its consequences and also provide projections for the future. The book also includes the final list of quantitative indicators that arose out of consultations with international experts, related to the four main topics addressed: demography, income and wealth, labour market participation, and social protection and financial sustainability.
IBSS: Political Science: 2005 Vol. 54
Author: The British Library of Political and Economic SciencePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415417174
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide. Key features: * Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world's most expert librarians and academics. * Breadth: Today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included. * International Coverage: The IBSS reviews scholarship published in over thirty languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world. * User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.
Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe
Author: Yuri KazepovPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351904035
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The workings of multi-level governance -- institutional choices concerning centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiarity -- are widely debated within European public policy, but few systematic studies assessing the effects of changing divisions of power for policy-making have been carried out. This volume offers an assessment of the workings of multi-level governance in terms of social welfare policy across different clusters of European states -- Nordic, Southern European, Central and East European. This book reports on a major comparative study at the European Centre for Social Welfare policy and Research, which included partners from univerisities in Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Spain and Switzerland. It reports on three particular policy areas: social assistance and local policies against poverty; activation and labour market policies; and care for the elderly. The authors describe different starting points, strategies and solutions in European countries which are facing similar challenges and could thus learn from each other. They explore the differences between European welfare regimes in terms of territorial responsibilities, the changes that have taken place over the past few years and their effects. The book is distinctive in highlighting comparative transversal and transnational issues of multi-level governance in social welfare policies, rather than presenting country reports.
Long-Term Care in Europe
Author: K. LeichsenringPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137032340
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Drawing on research across a wide range of European countries, this book analyzes the key issues at stake in developing long-term care systems for older people in Europe with a focus on progression and improvement for policy and practice.