# Integrated Community-Based Health and Social Care Interventions for Older People: A Key Policy Priority for All Countries: Comment on "The Effect of Integrated Care After Discharge From Hospitals on Outcomes Among Korean Older Adults"

## TL;DR

This paper highlights the importance of integrating health and social care for older people to improve outcomes and system efficiency.

## Contribution

The paper emphasizes Korea’s Integrated Pilot Project as a novel step toward transforming LTC systems for aging populations.

## Key findings

- Integrated care interventions improve health system efficiency.
- Such interventions enhance the lives of older people and their caregivers.
- Similar projects in Thailand and Brazil show promising results.

## Abstract

This paper situates Choi and Yoo’s study within broader sets of policy challenges related to rapid increases in numbers of older people in need of long-term care (LTC). These challenges include a need to fundamentally transform health services and to develop fully integrated systems of health and LTC for older people. The paper argues that Korea’s Integrated Pilot Project (IPP) is a key step in this direction, along with similar interventions in Thailand and Brazil. Choi and Yoo’s study adds to a wider body of evidence that these interventions enhance health system efficiency at the same time as improving the lives of older people and their family caregivers.