title: Developing health and social care planning in collaboration.
abstract: Collaboration between different professions in community care for older people is often both difficult and complex. In this project, a participatory action research (PAR) was conducted in order to support the professions involved in the care for older people to develop individualized health and social care plans. Cases from daily work were discussed in different professional groups over a period of one year. A key finding was that lack of knowledge regarding the other professions' field of expertise and their underlying professional culture and values was a barrier in their collaboration. However, as the continuous reflective dialogue process progressed, the participants began to reflect more about the importance of collaboration as a prerequisite to achieve the best possible care for the recipient. This process of reflection led to the often complex needs of the care recipients being given a more central position and thus care plans being better tailored to each person's needs.
authors: Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Social Society, Malmö University , Malmö , Sweden and.
authors: Margareta
authors: M
authors: Rämgård
authors: Kerstin
authors: K
authors: Blomqvist
authors: Pia
authors: P
authors: Petersson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000068217:Social Workers / Q000523:psychology; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Action research; communication; health and social care; interprofessional collaboration