TY - JOUR
AU - A. M. Cameron
AU - L. Bennett
AU - J. Thorn
AU - D. Patsios
A1 - 
AB - INTRODUCTION: Day care services have a long history in the support of older people, both internationally and in England. However, despite their longevity there is no consensus about the aims of day care services and their contribution to integrated care is unrecognised. This paper defines day care as community building-based services that provide care and/or health related services and/or clubs and activities specifically for older people (65+) with care and support needs, which support wellbeing and health, and/or support people to remain living at home and/or enable informal carers to sustain care. METHODS: The paper draws on qualitative data collected in a national study to reimagine day care services for older people in England. Eight sites participated, all from the voluntary sector. RESULTS: Day care services act as both a site of, and facilitator to, integrated care and whilst settings experienced many of the challenges faced by voluntary sector organisations, including a reliance on limited and uncertain funding, they had developed a range of strategies to partially manage them. CONCLUSIONS: Collective forms of day care services have the potential to play a more significant role in the provision of local place based integrated care in England.
AD - Centre for Research in Health & Social Care, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.; Bristol Medical School (PHS), University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
AN - 40687550
BT - Int J Integr Care
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 3
DA - Jul-Sep
DO - 10.5334/ijic.9052
DP - NLM
ET - 20250717
IS - 3
JF - Int J Integr Care
LA - eng
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Day care services have a long history in the support of older people, both internationally and in England. However, despite their longevity there is no consensus about the aims of day care services and their contribution to integrated care is unrecognised. This paper defines day care as community building-based services that provide care and/or health related services and/or clubs and activities specifically for older people (65+) with care and support needs, which support wellbeing and health, and/or support people to remain living at home and/or enable informal carers to sustain care. METHODS: The paper draws on qualitative data collected in a national study to reimagine day care services for older people in England. Eight sites participated, all from the voluntary sector. RESULTS: Day care services act as both a site of, and facilitator to, integrated care and whilst settings experienced many of the challenges faced by voluntary sector organisations, including a reliance on limited and uncertain funding, they had developed a range of strategies to partially manage them. CONCLUSIONS: Collective forms of day care services have the potential to play a more significant role in the provision of local place based integrated care in England.
PY - 2025
SN - 1568-4156 (Print)
SP - 10
ST - The Role of Day Care in the Provision of Integrated Services for Older People
T1 - The Role of Day Care in the Provision of Integrated Services for Older People
T2 - Int J Integr Care
TI - The Role of Day Care in the Provision of Integrated Services for Older People
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U3 - 10.5334/ijic.9052
VL - 25
VO - 1568-4156 (Print)
Y1 - 2025
ER -