Integrated care for the elderly

Abstract

Medical and social care may be integratively associated within and outside of the health care sector. The societal idea of care of the elderly as part of a general welfare system may be seen as such integration. In this report, we will be discussing integrated care from both the general and the specific perspective. Experience from the Swedish ‘‘A¨ del-reform’’ is our case .1 The reform concerned care of the elderly and will be described in detail, and in this paper be referred to as ‘‘The Elderly Reform’’.