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Charting the Course Together: Municipal Top-Level Managers’ Perspectives on Fostering Safe and Integrated Care for Older Adults Living at Home Cover

Charting the Course Together: Municipal Top-Level Managers’ Perspectives on Fostering Safe and Integrated Care for Older Adults Living at Home

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 25 (2025): Issue 3
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|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.8916 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 18, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 7, 2025
Published on: Aug 19, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
complex care needs,
municipal care and services,
older adults,
safe and integrated care,
top-level managers

© 2025 Heidi Hagerman, Mirjam Ekstedt, Mia von Knorring, Cecilia Fagerström, Sara Tolf, Lisa Smeds Alenius, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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