Promoting, scaling up and sustaining integrated care initiatives to become system level transformations

Background and purpose: In 2022, WHO Europe published a policy brief, ""Rebuilding for sustainability and resilience: strengthening the integrated delivery of long-term care in the European Region"", that outlined a conceptual framework for integrated long-term care in the European region that enables greater resilience of long-term care. This brief highlighted the necessity of strengthening care systems through better integration as a means for improving care system efficiency, strengthening the resiliency and sustainability of systems in the aftermath of the pandemic, and improving the health and well-being of older people through better responsiveness to populations needs. This workshop aims to engage participants in a dialogue on the challenges, barriers, and facilitators to scaling up integrated care initiatives to become system-level transformations. Two case studies developed by WHO Europe and IFIC will be presented, focusing on key learnings in terms of policies and system-level interventions that can facilitate the scale-up of existing innovative initiatives. The workshop will be co-hosted by members of the IFIC and WHO Europe. Who is it for: The workshop will invite a mix of participants from key European countries and conference delegates, including Special Interest Group members (Ageing and Frailty and Intermediate Care). All individuals with an interest in integrated long-term care, including policy/decision-makers, academics and civil society organisations, as well as care givers and people with lived experience of long-term care, are invited to participate. Format of the 60-minute workshop: 1.Presentation of 2 case studies, highlighting main challenges and enablers (15 minutes) 2.Q&A on the scale-up and case studies (10 minutes) 3.Group work: in the implementation science agenda for I-LTC, what are the gaps we need to fill in order to arrive at actionable policies and practices (20 min) 4.Feedback to the group (15 min) The working groups will be facilitated by WHO Europe and IFIC team members who will capture the outputs and key takeaways of the discussions in writing and present these back to the group as part of a plenary discussion.