Providing Integrated Health and Social Care for Older Persons in France – An Old Idea with a Great Future 1

The development of integration in the elderly care sector: a qualitative analysis of national policies and local initiatives in France and Sweden

“…Created within the ‘ départements ’, these multi-disciplinary care teams connected health and social professionals, representing the first form of case management procedure for older people in France (Frinault 2009). In the same period, ‘local information and co-ordination centres’ (CLIC: Centres Locaux d'Information et de Coordination) developed, to help care users find their way through the maze of mechanisms by introducing a one-stop shop for social care services (Frossard et al 2004). Within the health sector too, different co-ordination schemes seeking to develop multi-disciplinarity while facilitating links between the various health professionals multiplied.…”

Decentralizacja a systemy zdrowotne : w poszukiwaniu rozwiązań sprzyjających zdrowiu

“…Polega ona na integracji między różnymi poziomami systemu opieki zdro wotnej lub między różnymi sektorami, takimi jak sektor opieki społecznej i sektor opieki zdrowotnej. Niektórzy komentatorzy postrzegają koncepcję decentralizacji jako podstawę rozwinięcia skutecznej opieki zintegrowanej (Frossard et al 2004 (Simoens, Scott 2005).…”

Pursuing Equity to Combat Fragmentation in the Home Care Sector: A Study of Using Integrated Care Programs to Deliver Health and Social Care to Elderly Persons Living at Home

“…Reflecting the neoliberal tendency to see in dualisms, fragmentation and integrated care are often positioned as a dichotomy in neoliberal discourse. When fragmentation is constructed as a problem of inefficiency, it becomes easy to construct integrated care as its opposite, positioning 11 Kodner & Spreeuwenberg 2002;Xyrichis & Ream 2008;Walker et al 2016;Sampalli et al 2012;Johri et al 2003;Wagner et al 1996;Wagner et al 2001;Ouwens et al 2005;Batalden & Mohr 1997;McCormack et al 2008;Hartgerink et al 2014;Leutz 1999;Harris et al 2012;Frossard et al 2004;Pappas et al 2013;Carpenter et al 2000;Atwal & Caldwell 2002. 12 Wolff et al 2002;Singer et al 2011;Walker et al 2016;Gittell et al 2008;Greenfield et al 2014;Rogers & Sheaff 2000, 53;Coddington et al 2001;Banks 2004;Leutz 1999;Harris et al 2012;Frossard et al 2004;Pappas et al 2013;Carpenter et al 2000;Atwal & Caldwell 2002. it as an efficiency-enhancing solution.…”

“…Even the Canadian Home Care Association has adopted the view of integrated models of care "as critical to improving health outcomes and quality of life, and for producing efficiencies within the system" (Canadian Home Care Association 2015, 6). 22 Kodner 2009;Allen et al 2009;Jackson et al 2016;Dubuc et al 2013;Bergman et al 1997;Johri et al 2003;Montenegro et al 2011;Janse et al 2016a;Tollen 2008;Singer et al 2011;Brown & McCool 1992;Leutz 1999;Kodner & Spreeuwenberg 2002;Hubbard & Themessl-Huber 2005;Mur-Veeman et al 2003;Glendinning 2003;Leutz 1999;Harris et al 2012;Frossard et al 2004. Calciolari and Ilinca (2011, 4) explain that integrated care has an intrinsic political appeal and moral desirability.…”