Description
Book SynopsisThis collection is focused on the provision of community-based programs and activities in health and related long-term care services that have contributed, or may in the future contribute, to social policy development.
Several of the articles in this collection deal with community-based health and long-term care program and policy initiatives that have been facilitated through federal programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act. The implementation of some of these community-based programs have significantly influenced social policy thinking regarding the beneficial effects of integrating medical and social aspects of health and long-term care services, as well as the health care team approach to the delivery of health and long-term care services. Another dimension addressed is the impact of interest groups, such as family caregivers, in advancing social policy that supports the efforts of community-based family care givers in providing services to patients
Table of Contents
- Introduction Howard Palley
- PACE: Has it changed the chronic care paradigm? Marty Lynch, Mauro Hernandez and Carroll Estes
- Integrated care: Incentives, approaches, and future considerations Gail L. Dobell and Robert Newcomer
- When the private sphere goes public: Exploring the issues facing family caregiver organizations in the development of long-term care policies Philip Rozario and Elizabeth Palley
- Examining fiscal federalism, regionalization and community-based initiatives in Canada's health care delivery system Pierre-Gerlier Forest and Howard Palley
- CLSCs in Quebec: Thirty years of community action Benoit Gaumer and Marie-Josee Fleury
- Feminist health care in a hostile environment: A case study of the Womancare Health Center Cheryl Hyde
- The voice of advocates in health care policymaking for the poor Colleen Grogan and Michael Gusmano
