Intermediate and continuing care : policy and practice

Intermediate care: policy and context / Jenny Cowpe -- Identifying the need and scope for intermediate care / Roger Beech -- Management and planning of services / Tom Bowen, Paul Forte, and Chris Foote -- Coordinating intermediate care / Wanda Russell -- Service development and evaluation in intermediate care / Brenda Roe -- Interdisciplinary working in intermediate care: generic working or the key to a person centred approach? / Anne Marriott ... [et al.] -- Interdisciplinary training and development / Julie Howden -- Evidence on the effectiveness of intermediate care / Roger Beech -- Economic evaluation of intermediate care / Richard Little --

Continuing care: policy and context / David Challis and Ann Netten -- Community care: service delivery, development and evaluation / David Challis and Jane Hughes -- Alternative housing and care arrangements: the evidence / Robin Darton and Ann-Marie Muncer -- Care homes and continuing care / Anne Netten, Robin Darton, and Jacquetta Williams -- Interdisciplinary working and education in continuing care / Abigail Masterson and Sian Maslin-Prothero -- Carers and caregiving in the context of intermediate and continuing care / Dianne Seddon and Catherine Robinson -- Patient and public involvement in service design and evaluation / Bie Nio Ong and Geoff Wood -- Implications for policy and practice: the future / Brenda Roe and Roger Beech.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ntermediate care comprises strategies which allow early discharge from acute care, prevent admission or re–admission to acute care and avoid bed–blocking in both acute and long–term residential care. It encompasses a range of short–term options including rapid response, hospital at home, residential rehabilitation, supported discharge and day rehabilitation. Continuing Care is delivered on a long–term basis in a variety of settings and often includes an element of rehabilitation. Although these two types of care have distinct objectives, they are interrelated as changes in the supply of one type of care may affect demands for the other. In addition, from a patient perspective, intermediate and continuing care might be seen as part of the continuum of care options that are supplied to meet their needs. This book argues for consideration of intermediate and continuing care as part of the care continuum that provides integrated care adopting whole system approaches. This edited volume explores policy, practice and current issues in intermediate and continuing care. It will be of interest to allhealth and social care professionals involved in the provision and planning of care for older people. It falls in three parts: intermediate care, continuing care, and a shorter section on patient and public involvement and future directions"