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Integrated care networks and quality of life: linking research and practice
Morton Warner1, Nicholas Gould
1Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Glyntaff Campus, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL. mmwarner@glam.ac.uk
Purpose:
To report on the development of a project dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people through the creation of integrated networks.
Context:
The project is set within a post-industrial community and against a backdrop of government re-organisation and devolution within Wales. The immediate research context is determined by utilising an approach to the structure of integration derived theoretically.
Case Description:
Project CHAIN (Community Health Alliances through Integrated Networks) adopts a network perspective as a means of addressing both the determinants of health and service delivery in health and social care. The Project partners are: healthcare commissioners and providers; local authority directorates including community services and transportation; the voluntary and private sectors; and a university institute. Co-opted participants include for a representing older people's interests.
Data Sources:
The Project incorporates an action research method. This paper highlights qualitative data elicited from interviews with health and social care managers and practitioners.
Conclusions And Discussion:
The Project is ongoing and we record progress in building five integrated networks.
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