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Older people are our future and we need EPICS — an evaluation and market testing of the 'Elderly Persons' Integrated Care System'; sponsored by the Helen Hamlyn Foundation
Author(s)	Chris Perry
Corporate Author	EPICS at BASE, British Association for Service to the Elderly
Publisher	EPICS at BASE, University of Surrey, Guildford, 1996
Pages	26 pp
Keywords	Services ; Health services ; Community care ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Management [care] ; Evaluation.
Annotation	A DRAFT report evaluating the initial three EPICS demonstration projects (Kensington and Chelsea, Derbyshire, and Shropshire), with the views of senior managers and policy makers, as gauged at a series of six seminars held across the country. Advantages and disadvantages are examined in relation to: joint commissioning; integrated service delivery; and user and carer involvement. Includes factual information and reporting of people's views. Contents: Summary and introduction; the origins of EPICS; EPICS concept and principles; the pilot EPICS demonstration projects; preliminary evaluation of the EPICS pilot projects and concept; the views of senior managers and policy makers; conclusions and recommendations; appendices. [RHb] [EPICS collection].
Accession Number	CPA-980216046 B
Classmark	I: L: PA: QAJ: QK6: QA: 4C
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