Community-Based Care and Fillial Support: Gerontological Practise

To meet the needs of older people most countries have moved toward community-based care as a means of providing adequate and cost-effective care. Community-based care focuses around an integrated and more comprehensive approach to the special needs of older persons, their families, and the community. This type of model involves and requires inter-organizational collaboration and interdisciplinary cooperation. A community-based approach in social services and in health care is a strategic approach to meet the mounting demands for integrated health and social services for the elderly. Community health care usually includes both the health and social services sectors. (more…)