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    Policy brief: How can the settings used to provide care to older people be balanced?

    Coyte, P. C; Goodwin, N; Laporte, A.
    The optimal balance between institutional, home-based and community care for older adults requires an effective mix of organizational, funding and delivery mechanisms for target populations. This spans health and social care, and the coordination of care must respect older people’s care preferences and...
    Intersectoral Collaboration, 16672, Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration, Delivery of Health Care/trends
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    What are the palliative care needs of older people and how might they be met?

    World Health Organization.
    Ageing populations are characteristic of many countries. The pattern of disease at the end of life is changing and more people are living with serious chronic circulatory and respiratory diseases as well as with cancer. More people will need help at the end of life, in a social context of changing family...
    Palliative Care/methods, Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration, Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Europe
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