A literature review to explore integrated care for older people

PURPOSE: This paper reports on some of the findings of a literature review commissioned to explore integrated care for older people. METHODS: The process of revising included finding and selecting literature from multidisciplinary sources, and encompassed both published papers and ‘grey’ literature, i.e. material which had not been reviewed for publication. RESULTS: The study found that thinking has moved on from a focus on the problems of accessing services to exploring ways in which they may function in an integrated way. CONCLUSIONS: The study shows how thinking on integrated care for older people has developed, and knowledge of micro, mezzo and macro strategies is now more available.