Continuing care, continuing problems

• DOI: 10.7748/nop.17.7.6.s8
• Publication Date: 2016-06-10T21:44:52Z
• Authors: Daniel Allen
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 0305 other medical science; 3. Good health

Confusion, uncertainty and controversy: not words usually associated with a central plank of health policy. But according to a report from the RCN, those are the key characteristics of continuing care for older people, which, since the welfare state was established, has been the subject of intense disagreement.