Chronic Care – Science and Practice / edited by Daniela Schmitz, Manfred Fiedler, Heike Becker, Simone Hatebur, Jan-Hendrik Ortloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitz, Daniela.

Series:

Medicine Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Nursing.

Public health.

Health Care.

Public Health.

Local Subjects:

Health Care.

Nursing.

Public Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

The importance of a professionally and practically appropriate healthcare system for people with chronic illnesses—especially those with multiple chronic conditions—is undeniable in light of demographic changes and the increasing number of older adults with limited everyday competence. Although the German Enquete Commission on "Demographic Change" identified requirements and proposed solutions as far back as thirty years ago, there are still significant gaps in both scientific research and practical healthcare provision. This handbook aims to help close these gaps. It brings together various professional perspectives, highlights the interfaces and tools for collaboration among the different professional groups and healthcare institutions involved in care, and presents methods for care planning and development across diverse care settings and arrangements. Therefore, the handbook is suitable for practitioners involved in direct patient care as well as for those engaged in healthcare planning. At the same time, it is intended for students, researchers, and educators in the field of Chronic Care Sciences and related disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, therapy sciences, social sciences, and social work. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Contents:

I Introduction

Why a Handbook on Chronic Care?

What is Chronic Care? Perspectives from science, research, education, and practice

Transdisciplinarity – Chronic Care as a transdisciplinary field

Chronic Care as a multiprofessional practice field with profession-specific approaches

II Individual Level: medical aspects, theories of illness, illness experience, coping with illness, practical concepts

Morphology of chronic diseases

Prevalence of chronic diseases

Etiology of chronic diseases

The masticatory system and chronic diseases

Multimorbidity and chronic diseases

Effects of chronic diseases

Disease trajectories as a shared orientation model for multiprofessional care practice

Somatic theories of illness and coping

Sociological perspectives on the social construction of illness and implications for the experience and treatment of illness

Psychological and psychosomatic approaches to illness

Human-environment relationships in the context of illness

Social determinants of health and chronic diseases

Professional approaches to subjective illness experience

Salutogenesis, resilience, and coping

Health literacy

Setting-specific care: connectivity as a challenge

Person- and patient-centeredness as care concepts

Palliative and end-of-life care as care concepts

Emergency and critical care as care concepts

Pharmacotherapy, polypharmacy, and adherence

Technical support systems in individual care

What if? Social design as a competence expansion in interdisciplinary teams in the context of Chronic Care

Digital assistance systems for the care of people with chronic illnesses

III Organizational Level Chronic Care: fundamental aspects, institutional forms of care, and self-determined living

Migration and Chronic Care

Transculturality, cultural appropriateness, cultural sensitivity, cultural competence in health care

Structured care: prevention – cure – rehabilitation – long-term care

Interfaces and transitions in the care of people with chronic illnesses

Human resource development and staffing needs considering chronic care

Interprofessional action and competencies for interprofessional collaboration

Knowledge management in multiprofessional care processes

Setting-specific process planning and organizational development

Concepts of digitalization from the organizational perspective

Normality and equality in self-determined living with chronic illness

Chronic illness – a family matter

Self-determined living at home: diversity of living arrangements

Household-related services for self-determined living

IV System Level Chronic Care: framework conditions, health care economics, community and public health care, digital health as a societal innovation

Basics of social law in health care

Legal guardianship under the guardianship law

Organizational forms of the health system

Health policy concepts for the care of people with chronic illnesses

Introduction to health care economics

Principles of business administration in facilities for chronic care

Methods of health system evaluation and health indicators

Public health – needs and forward-looking services with a focus on community health nursing and digitalization

Community health care: stakeholders, concepts, and needs-based service development

Healthy cities: access to participation and inclusion in neighborhoods

Public health crises and public health emergency preparedness

One Health – environment and health in the context of chronic diseases

Status quo and development trends in digital health

Ethical aspects of using technical systems for vulnerable individuals

Tools for evaluating the usefulness and effectiveness of digital technologies

V Implementation of Chronic Care

Implementation of transdisciplinary didactic concepts

Research-based approaches to Chronic Care Science

Practice-based challenges in Chronic Care Practice.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-662-72298-4

9783662722985

OCLC:

1568044744