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1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Contributors; Part 1: Intermediate Care; 1 Intermediate Care: Policy and Context; 2 Identifying the Need and Scope for Intermediate Care; 3 Management and Planning of Services; 4 Coordinating Intermediate Care; 5 Service Development and Evaluation in Intermediate Care; 6 Interdisciplinary Working in Intermediate Care: Generic Working or the Key to a Person Centred Approach?; 7 Interdisciplinary Training and Development; 8 Evidence on the Effectiveness of Intermediate Care; 9 Economic Evaluation of Intermediate Care; Part 2: Continuing Care |
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10 Continuing Care: Policy and Context11 Community Care: Service Delivery, Development and Evaluation; 12 Alternative Housing and Care Arrangements: The Evidence; 13 Care Homes and Continuing Care; 14 Interdisciplinary Working and Education in Continuing Care; Part 3: Involvement of Carers and Consumers; 15 Carers and Caregiving in the Context of Intermediate and Continuing Care; 16 Patient and Public Involvement in Service Design and |
| 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 of one t |
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Print version record |
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Older people -- Intermediate care -- Great Britain
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Older people -- Long-term care -- Great Britain
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Intermediate care (Nursing care) -- Great Britain
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Long-term care facilities -- Great Britain
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Continuum of care -- Great Britain
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Continuum of care
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Intermediate care (Nursing care)
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Long-term care facilities
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Older people -- Long-term care
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beech, Roger
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| ISBN |
9780470777558 |
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0470777559 |
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