The Partnerships for Older People Projects is designed to increase understanding of how to promote older people's independence. It focuses on joint approaches to reducing reliance on long-term institutional care and acute hospital admissions. This case study forms part of our demand management, adult social care, resource.
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The learning from the programme has increased the evidence base about the benefits of prevention, early intervention and the integration of services – all fundamental to reforming the care and support system. Two-thirds of the 146 projects were focused on communities while the remaining centred on hospitals. A further 530 small upstream projects were commissioned from the third sector.
