Community Care
A section of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Section Information
Community care is focused on societal support for people with mental illness and disabilities in living in and participating in society. Community care consists of actions, both on a small and large scale, that people can take to show their support for another person or a group of individuals, particularly older people and those with mental illnesses, learning disabilities, and physical disabilities. The most important aim of community care is enabling those cared for to remain living in their own homes. In addition, it strives to allow these people to be as independent as possible to prevent social isolation. The section Community Care will involve a wide diversity of studies - with a medical focus - related to people with mental illness and disabilities, including research on housing and residential environments, education, work, traffic and transport, friends and relatives, recreation and leisure, and health and healthcare.
Keywords
- community care
- home care services
- district nursing
- informal care
- collaboration between formal and informal care
- quality of life for people with disabilities
- mental illness
- learning disabilities
- physical disabilities
- frailty
- prevention
- recreational, occupational, educational, and cultural activities for people with disabilities
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Expanding Competency of Primary Health Care: Emotional and Bio-Social Meanings for General Practice Consultation (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Health Education and Promotion in the Community (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Ageing and Healthcare Utilisation (Deadline: 24 January 2024)
- Community Care of Older People with Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- The 10th Anniversary of Healthcare—Quality of Life of Older People with Disability in the Community (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Interventions for Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in the Ageing Population (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Health Promotion in Older Adults—Physical Activity/Exercise/Wearable Device (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Aging and Quality of Life (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Review Special Issue on Community Care (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older People: Second Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Caregivers: Experience, Burnout, and Health (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Primary and Community Care: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 6 June 2024)
- Social, Economic and Political Determinants of Health and Health Equity (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Narrative in Health and Social Care: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
