Technical Notebooks 22 - Integrated Continuous Care Reflections and Future Perspectives

Integrated Continuous Care is one of the responses of the National Health Service, involving various technical levels and health and social support professionals.
The National Network of Integrated Continuous Care includes continuous health care and social support.
The multidisciplinary teams of the RNCCI, sharing knowledge and integrating care delivery, are responsible for developing consistent and appropriate responses to people's needs, facilitating rehabilitation processes, promoting autonomy and functionality.
The relevance of mental health in the RNCCI and the impact that care integration can have on people's quality of life are today's priorities and challenges for the future.

DIRECTOR Paulo Sousa DIRECTOR OF CULTURE Teresa Nicolau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Samuel Esteves

EDITORIAL COORDINATION Dora Santos Rosa TECHNICAL COORDINATION

AUTHORS
Alexandra Costa (Clinical and Health Psychologist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Rainha D. Leonor) · Alexandra Lima (Lawyer at the Directorate of Integrated Continuous Care) · Alexandra Lopes (Lecturer and researcher at the University of Porto – Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts. Coordinator of the national research team of the LeTs-Care Project) · Ana Rodrigues (Psychologist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Maria José Nogueira Pinto) · Cátia Mendes Serra (Clinical and Health Psychologist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Rainha D. Leonor) · Daniela Bandeira (Physiotherapist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Rainha D. Leonor) · Daniela Cordeiro (Technical Director and Head Nurse of the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Maria José Nogueira Pinto) · Débora Aguilar (Sociocultural Animator at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Rainha D. Leonor) · Helena Vargas (Coordinator of Pharmaceutical Services of the Directorate of Integrated Continuous Care) · Inês Alves (Speech Therapist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Rainha D. Leonor) · José Barata (Clinical Director of the Directorate of Integrated Continuous Care and the Integrated Continuous Care Units) · Júlio Veríssimo (Technical Director and Head Nurse of the Integrated Continuous Care Unit São Roque) · Maria Mexia de Almeida (Clinical and Health Psychologist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit São Roque) · Marta Matos (Occupational Therapist, UCCI São Roque) · Marta Sampaio Sião (Social Worker at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Maria José Nogueira Pinto) · Mónica Andrade (Speech Therapist at the Integrated Continuous Care Units Maria José Nogueira Pinto and São Roque) · Rita Figueira (Speech Therapist at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Maria José Nogueira Pinto) · Rita Peres (Nutritionist at the Integrated Continuous Care Units Maria José Nogueira Pinto and São Roque)· Rute Lemos (Researcher at the University of Porto integrated into the team of the LeTs-Care Project) · Sérgio Sebastião (Technical Director and Head Nurse of the Integrated Continuous Care Unit Rainha D. Leonor) · Sónia Neves Gorjão (Social Worker at the Integrated Continuous Care Unit São Roque)

INDEX 08 National Network of Integrated Continuous Care: emergence and consolidation of a vision for long-term care in Portugal 22 Integrated Continuous Care at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa 34 The user's journey in the RNCCI

Review: José L. Baptista
Pagination: Cristina Cascais

Year of publication: Dec., 2025
Publisher: Editorial Center of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
ISBN: 2184-612X