Intermediate and continuing care : policy and practice / edited by Brenda Roe, Roger Beech.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roe, Brenda H.

Beech, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Intermediate care--Great Britain.

Older people.

Older people--Long-term care--Great Britain.

Intermediate care (Nursing care)--Great Britain.

Intermediate care (Nursing care).

Long-term care facilities--Great Britain.

Long-term care facilities.

Continuum of care--Great Britain.

Continuum of care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intermediate 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 o

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611319304

9781281319302

1281319309

9780470774960

0470774967

9780470777558

0470777559

OCLC:

437218508