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Ageing in community – connecting seriously ill older people to supports in civil society using the community connector model

Woodworth, Jamie LU and Birgisdóttir, Dröfn LU orcid (2025) Transforming Care Conference 2025
Abstract
Many seriously ill and frail older people experience a lack of practical support and meaningful social engagement. While healthcare provides good medical support, it lacks the full competence and resources to help with social, practical and existential challenges that can arise near the end-of-life. Increasingly, resources in civil society are enlisted to fill this care gap. One such attempt to bridge healthcare with the third sector is the “community connector” model, which has been researched in the UK and Australia. Within the CONNECTED project, we will adapt this model to the swedish healthcare and welfare context. While the third sector can bring a significant amount of value to healthcare, enlisting third sector actors as... (More)
Many seriously ill and frail older people experience a lack of practical support and meaningful social engagement. While healthcare provides good medical support, it lacks the full competence and resources to help with social, practical and existential challenges that can arise near the end-of-life. Increasingly, resources in civil society are enlisted to fill this care gap. One such attempt to bridge healthcare with the third sector is the “community connector” model, which has been researched in the UK and Australia. Within the CONNECTED project, we will adapt this model to the swedish healthcare and welfare context. While the third sector can bring a significant amount of value to healthcare, enlisting third sector actors as reinforcements to the welfare system can contribute to shifting responsibility out of the public sector. Our research therefore critically considers how establishing collaboration between civil society and health and social care providers (HSCPs) can enhance care outcomes for users while also contributing to making care systems more equitable and sustainable. (Less)
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Transforming Care Conference 2025
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Helsinki, Finland
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2025-06-25 - 2025-06-27
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  abstract     = {{Many seriously ill and frail older people experience a lack of practical support and meaningful social engagement. While healthcare provides good medical support, it lacks the full competence and resources to help with social, practical and existential challenges that can arise near the end-of-life. Increasingly, resources in civil society are enlisted to fill this care gap. One such attempt to bridge healthcare with the third sector is the “community connector” model, which has been researched in the UK and Australia. Within the CONNECTED project, we will adapt this model to the swedish healthcare and welfare context. While the third sector can bring a significant amount of value to healthcare, enlisting third sector actors as reinforcements to the welfare system can contribute to shifting responsibility out of the public sector. Our research therefore critically considers how establishing collaboration between civil society and health and social care providers (HSCPs) can enhance care outcomes for users while also contributing to making care systems more equitable and sustainable.}},
  author       = {{Woodworth, Jamie and Birgisdóttir, Dröfn}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Ageing in community – connecting seriously ill older people to supports in civil society using the community connector model}},
  url          = {{https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-06/TCC_programme_2606_0.pdf}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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