{"id":115,"date":"2013-10-28T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/?p=115"},"modified":"2013-10-28T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T10:48:08","slug":"integration-the-future-of-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/2013\/10\/28\/integration-the-future-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Integration : The Future of Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/openlx\/3697062279\/in\/set-72157621039399642\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/files\/2013\/10\/3697062279_d1dbd29fee_z.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-116 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/files\/2013\/10\/3697062279_d1dbd29fee_z-195x300.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/files\/2013\/10\/3697062279_d1dbd29fee_z-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/files\/2013\/10\/3697062279_d1dbd29fee_z.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/openlx\/3697062279\/in\/set-72157621039399642\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This project is preparing for the future of care and support for older people in Scotland. A key part of this future will be the integration of health and social care to provide holistic support for those who need it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/social-care-network\/2013\/oct\/24\/integration-health-social-care-homecare\" target=\"_blank\">This article<\/a> from the Guardian sets up a vision for care moving towards working towards outcomes for an individual through integration.<\/p>\n<p>In the conversation about integration, there can be a risk on focusing on \u2018structural solutions\u2019 and \u2018systems\u2019 for integration. I believe that some of the critical foundation work that can be done now is to un-learn the formal distinctions between health and social care (the classic example is a \u2018health bath\u2019 versus a \u2018social care bath\u2019) and shift towards a shared understanding of outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the conclusions of this article is that care at home in the future will need a different type of staff team. Staff will need to be well trained and able to support people with more complex needs in their own homes.<\/p>\n<p>Fit for the Future is currently working with providers in North Lanarkshire and selecting providers in Argyll &amp; Bute to plan and recruit a workforce with the values needed to thrive as a part of an integrated, person centred system. This focus came from the shared understanding that building a secure, well-trained staff base with the values needed to succeed in this changing environment is an investment in the future of services.<\/p>\n<p>In tandem, IRISS\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iriss.org.uk\/project\/keeping-it-personal-project\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Keeping it Personal Project <\/em><\/a>will work in a \u00a0locality with both health and social care to achieve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More shared understanding of a person-centred approach across health and social care<\/li>\n<li>More effective person-centred support across health and social care<\/li>\n<li>Improved understanding of the issues that constrain effective delivery of support at the juncture of health and social care and how these can be overcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For some inspiration of what integrated services could look like, please see the King\u2019s Fund UK integration map:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/projects\/integrated-care-making-it-happen\/integrated-care-map\">http:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/projects\/integrated-care-making-it-happen\/integrated-care-map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is preparing for the future of care and support for older people in Scotland. A key part of this future will be the integration of health and social care to provide holistic support for those who need it. This article from the Guardian sets up a vision for care moving towards working towards &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/2013\/10\/28\/integration-the-future-of-care\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Integration : The Future of Care?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[10757,10589],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/fitforthefuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}