Integrated care research and practice to deliver person centred care

Integrated care research and practice
SCIE

• This resource aims to support the planning, commissioning and delivery of coordinated person-centred care. Based on the integration logic model, it brings together the evidence base and practice guidance on what good integrated care looks like. 
• Enablers include population approach and joint commissioning.

Managing an ageing population

The generation strain: Collective solutions to care in an ageing society
IPPR, 24 April 2014

• "We need to transform our understanding of what ‘social care’ is in order to help people live decent lives, to put in place the right building blocks to prepare for an ageing population, and to reduce future demand for care."
• A discussion of how society can support the growing elderly population through ‘build’ and ‘adapt’: to build new community institutions capable of sustaining us through the changes ahead and to adapt the social structures already in place, such as family caring, public services, workplaces and neighbourhoods.

Systematic review of factors influencing joint commissioning

Commissioning in health, education and social care: Models, research bibliography and in-depth review of
joint commissioning between health and social care agencies
EPPI-Centre; Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, September 2012

• A systematic review
• The evidence about the factors that affect commissioning highlight the importance of:
• trusting relationships between commissioners, and how these are built up over time by continuity of staff;
• clarity over responsibilities and legal frameworks, particularly in the context of any shared or pooled financial arrangements;
• coterminosity between organisational geographical boundaries;
• the development of clear structures,information systems and communications between stakeholders