TY - JOUR
AU - D. Sattler
AU - M. Howard
AU - D. Nessim
AU - M. McAlister
AU - L. Dolovich
A1 - 
AB - People have infinite needs, including illness prevention, wellness, self-care, practical support, and quality of life. This article describes community-based, informal care programs that help people identify their needs, set goals, and organize networks of care to address their needs holistically in a way that can also significantly reduce healthcare costs. Approaches can be customized for primary care, home and community, hospice, and other care sectors to facilitate low-cost, high impact adoption. We provide a blueprint for programs that integrate informal and formal care across social, physical, and mental health domains as a key part of healthcare system transformation.
AD - Hospital and Palliative Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. RINGGOLD: 426874; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. RINGGOLD: 3710; MMC Consulting, London, Ontario, Canada. RINGGOLD: 42301; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. RINGGOLD: 7938
AN - 39548797
BT - Healthc Manage Forum
C5 - General Literature
CP - 3
DA - May
DO - 10.1177/08404704241292329
DP - NLM
ET - 20241116
IS - 3
JF - Healthc Manage Forum
LA - eng
N2 - People have infinite needs, including illness prevention, wellness, self-care, practical support, and quality of life. This article describes community-based, informal care programs that help people identify their needs, set goals, and organize networks of care to address their needs holistically in a way that can also significantly reduce healthcare costs. Approaches can be customized for primary care, home and community, hospice, and other care sectors to facilitate low-cost, high impact adoption. We provide a blueprint for programs that integrate informal and formal care across social, physical, and mental health domains as a key part of healthcare system transformation.
PY - 2025
SN - 0840-4704 (Print); 0840-4704
SP - 273
EP - 277+
ST - Integrating informal and formal care: An innovative, scalable program blueprint
T1 - Integrating informal and formal care: An innovative, scalable program blueprint
T2 - Healthc Manage Forum
TI - Integrating informal and formal care: An innovative, scalable program blueprint
U1 - General Literature
U3 - 10.1177/08404704241292329
VL - 38
VO - 0840-4704 (Print); 0840-4704
Y1 - 2025
ER -