Coordinating Health,Extended Care,and Community Support Services

Abstract

Under pressure to maximize the cost-effectiveness of programs, efforts to improve coordination have become increasingly central to the development of the broader health and welfare service delivery system in Australia in the past few years. This article reviews recent experience in two related fields: (1) the coordination of different community care services for older people and people with disabilities, funded by the Home and Community Care program; and (2) the attempt to enhance links between community and residential care services, hospitals, and other health care providers. Why coordination has emerged as such an important issue in the field of community care and, increasingly, across the entire system of what the Australian government now terms health and family services is discussed. A number of measures that have been introduced or are proposed to improve a coordination of services are briefly reviewed. These range from individualistic approaches based on information and referral, through schemes involving gatekeeping, case management and brokerage of services, to models involving the reconfiguration of organizational structures, linkages, and finances. These measures are not mutually exclusive and are increasingly likely to be applied in more complex mixed models of service coordination. It is argued that coordination at the level of direct-service provision is difficult if government policies that direct services lack coordination.     

Promoting Constructive Conflict from a Conflict Transformation Perspective: The Case of Community-Based Collaboration in Korea

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on developing constructive conflict management in community-based collaborations for macro social workers. Using a conflict transformation perspective as a conceptual framework, we identified significant factors and their dynamic relationships in promoting constructive conflict in the context of 5 community-based collaborations in Korea. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that responsive coordination was a strong predictor of increased perceptions of constructive conflict. Further, a multiple mediator model indicated that open communication was indirectly associated with perceived constructive conflict by enhancing both equal decision-making and responsive coordination. We conclude by highlighting practical implications of our study.     

Implementing Fall Prevention Guidelines with Vulnerable Older Adults: The Social Work Role

Falls are the leading cause of injury among the older adult population, resulting in costly and devastating aftermaths. National fall prevention guidelines (FPGs) have been established to assist healthcare professionals with addressing fall risk, but little is understood about the extent to which FPGs have been implemented by social workers. Social workers, however, may beuniquely positioned to implement FPGs with older adults due to their expertise in care coordination and home- and community-based service settings. This conceptual paper addresses the timely issue of fall prevention and social workers’ potential role in implementing FPGs to address fall risk.     

社会转型期完善我国政治沟通的初步探索

政治沟通贯穿于整个政治过程,所有的政治行为都是对沟通的反应,政治沟通维系着政治系统的运转。在当代我国的政治发展中,政治沟通发挥着日益重要的作用,但与此同时,我国的政治沟通还存在着些许不足,需要采取多方面的措施加以完善。主要是完善政治沟通的制度、丰富政治沟通的方式、拓宽政治沟通的渠道、提高政治沟通主体的能力,从而更好地发挥政治沟通在我国民主政治建设中的作用。     

流域水污染防治:地方立法中协调条款的设置

流域水污染防治应建立在流域整体生态的基础上,而现行法律仍以跨行政区域为基础,缺乏协调统一性。对地方立法而言,碎片化的立法模式使得地方现行水污染防治陷入困境。这种现状催生了流域各行政区域协调合作的立法需求,因此需要设置协调条款对地方立法中流域各行政区域的关系及制度进行协调,其中省际行政区域间的协调是关键。以松花江流域为样本,识别流域水污染防治地方立法中的协调条款,对存在的问题进行解析,并对协调条款中的基本要素进行规范性建构,以破解地方立法碎片化问题。     

突发性产出下的供应链协调应对策略

针对突发事件影响制造商产出的情形，研究了收益共享契约协调应对突发产出事件的有效性问题。首先论证了无突发产出事件时收益共享契约协调供应链的有效性，进而分析了突发产出事件对供应链最优生产计划、定价决策、绩效和协调性的影响。然后，建立了突发产出事件下的收益共享契约协调应对模型，并对原收益共享契约和修正后的收益共享契约进行了对比分析。研究表明：当突发产出事件导致产出扰动范围较小时，供应链的最优生产计划、批发价格和零售价格几乎保持不变，仅当产出扰动范围较大时，三者才需要同时调整，此时原供应链的协调性也将被打破，而修正后的收益共享契约具有良好的抗突发性。最后，通过算例进行了验证。     

域内高校纪检监察资源统筹与协作机制研究

随着高校反腐倡廉建设的深入,出现了一些困扰和阻碍进一步提高工作水平的问题,监督职能受到体制性制约、人员老化与过于年轻化现象并存、干部的知识结构不够完善、纪检监察工作本身缺乏有效监督等.在分析问题基础上,有针对性地提出了一些策略：在上级主管部门的领导下,实行纪检监察资源的统筹协作,建立协作办案机制、协作教育机制、协作培养机制、信息沟通机制、网上交流平台等,以期有效破解这些难题.     

人格发展试论

人格的发展是一个永无止境的自我完善过程，人格的实质就在于协调人与现实二之间的张力机制；在人格完善过程中，应注意处理好人与传统化、人与物、人与价值的关系并避免个性悲剧和人格分裂两个方面的问题，从而为健全人格的形成奠定基础。     

Bologna – a utopy of harmony for European higher education

20 years have passed since the Bologna declaration which has deeply changed the Higher Education System not only in Europe but worldwide. This introduction gives a tour of the contributions contained in the special issue of the journal “innovation”. It argues that soft policies proved to be a mighty instrument for catching and focussing societal change and speeding it up. The worldwide shift towards policies of national interest might therefore also slow down processes of change and modernisation.     

Improvement of Coordination Mechanism of Intellectual Property Administrative Enforcement in Free Trade Zone ——Taking Shaanxi FTZ as an Example

Strengthening the coordination of intellectual property administrative enforcement in the FTZ is conducive to improving the efficiency of administrative enforcement and optimizing the legalized business environment in the FTZ. Based on the theory of rule of law-based government, the theory of collaborative governance and the theory of holistic governance, the connotation of the coordination of intellectual property administrative enforcement in the FTZ is defined, the status quo of the coordination of administrative enforcement in Shaanxi FTZ is investigated and analyzed. Learning from the experience of Shanghai FTZ and Fujian FTZ etc., it is proposed that the reform of the comprehensive intellectual property management system in the FTZ be deepened, the basic multilateral framework for coordination of inter-departmental intellectual property administrative enforcement be established, the mechanism of the coordination of the existing administrative enforcement be improved, the public service platform for intellectual property protection be built, and the construction of enforcement teams be strengthened, so as to improve the coordination mechanism for intellectual property administrative enforcement in the FTZ.