Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 9 Issue 3

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

The Real Challenges in Valuing People

Rob Greig

In this article the author, who acted as an advisor to the Department of Health on the creation of the recent Learning Disability White Paper, gives his personal views on the…

Creating a Comprehensive System of Community Services for People with Dementia

John Mitchell

Through a literature review, this article aims to identify the needs of those people with dementia who wish to remain at home, and those of their carers. It goes on to model a…

Keep Well at Home — the Over‐75s ‘At Risk’ Project Pilot

Val Jones, Brenda Mulholland, Sasha Shepperd

The Keep Well at Home method we have piloted is simple ‐ initial screen, comprehensive assessment, onward referral and regular telephone monitoring for those aged 75+ at risk of…

Real Life Research: Designing and Implementing a Study on the Health/Social Care Interface

Tessa Trappes‐Lomax, Annie Ellis

This is the first of two articles about evaluating a residential rehabilitation service for older people. It highlights some key principles about research on the health/social…

Enabling Communication and Enhancing Services for People with Motor Neurone Disease

Brenda Billinghurst

Ignorance about the impact of motor neurone disease (MND) may be undermining services for people with the condition. Challenges around communication in the research setting…

Primary Care Groups and Trusts: Organisational Development Progress and Prospects ‐ Two Years on

Paul Waddington, Mike Filby

This article reports on the fourth in a series of annual Pavilion conferences, charting the gritty texture of real‐time organisational development set against the formal policy…