A new era of social policy integration? Looking at the case of health, social care and housing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2116198
AutoresVikki Mccall (0000-0002-4105-406X, University of Stirling), Louise Hoyle (0000-0001-9900-552X, University of Stirling), Saminda Gunasinghe (0000-0002-1942-2823, University of Stirling), O’connor (0000-0001-8579-1718, University of Edinburgh), Siobhán O’connor (0000-0002-2001-0746)
Año2021
Volumen50
Número4
Páginas809-827
Fecha de publicación2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279420000525
OpenAlexW3047427864
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas40

Service integration is a global trend aiming to create partnerships, cost-effectiveness and joined-up working across public and third sector services to support an ageing population. However, social policy research suggests that the policy making process behind integration and implementation is complex, contradictory and full of tension. This paper explores social policy integration at the ground-level of services in the health and housing sector within a new integrated model for housing for older people. The paper applies a critical Lipskian approach to show that housing can promote integration for both users and wider stakeholders. Front-line workers were central to service integration, often working to integration principles despite policy changes and uncertainty. Challenges of social policy integration include the gaps between policy and practice and the developing nature of interaction at the ground-level - most notably, the role of technology. Technology and digital health platforms could enhance service user and practitioner interactions at the ground-level. The paper calls for renewed focus on policy processes in relation to service integration and consideration of new forms of service user, practitioner and policy maker interaction

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Process (computing) · Public policy · Public relations · Service (business) · Social policy · Sociology · System integration · Computer Science · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Marketing · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work