Edelweiss Aldasoro
07/10/2026 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm –
Explore IFIC’s Forum Discussion on Learning and how integrated care systems can turn knowledge and experience into action.
Click here to download the report (PDF) Introduction The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) hosted the third in IFIC’s series on the Nine Pillars of Integrated Care forum discussions in March 2026, bringing together an international panel, spanning academic research, clinical practice, health systems, and lived experience, to examine the state of integrated teamwork:…
30/04/2026 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm –
Early insights from the BUILD, LeTsCare, and Laurel projects highlight the complexity of delivering integrated long-term care in Europe, emphasising context, coordination, and practical solutions.
24/03/2026 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm –
Catch up on IFIC’s third Nine Pillars Forum exploring integrated teamwork for person and community centred care, with international perspectives on interdisciplinary collaboration and workforce development.
IFIC has conducted its fourth annual survey, this time calling on our network to share their understanding and experience of shared electronic care records.
IFIC Annual Survey 2025 Chart Pack595 DownloadsAre shared electronic care records the answer to fragmented care? Download Now!
Hello, I am Edelweiss Aldasoro. I am one of the Editor-in-Chiefs on the International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC). I am joined by Stacey Grealis, one of the editors of the journal’s editorial board, and a representative of people with lived experience. For this period, we have picked up the following article, which we would…
While the integrated care movement continues to expand the boundaries of integrated care, moving on to new conceptual spaces and policy frontiers, there is a widespread sense that the practice on the ground very often remains fragmented. Download the case study PDF Authors Dr Arturo Alvarez-Rosete Lead of Integrated Care Solutions and Senior Researcher International Foundation for…
ICS Case Studies: Across the Great Divide – International case studies of integrated models of chronic disease care at the primary-secondary care interface1639 DownloadsDownload Now!
Over the years, the Integrated Care Academy as part of the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), has developed several continuing professional development (CPD) and other education and training programmes. It has delivered these as stand-alone and in collaboration with partners. It has also promoted the work of partnering higher education institutions that provide post-graduate…
12/06/2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm –
This webinar explored how integrated long-term care can be improved through person-centred approaches and focused research questions.
10/04/2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm –
This webinar explored international experiences in scaling and sustaining integrated long-term care systems. Participants learned from case studies, policies, and system-level interventions that enhanced resilience, efficiency, and person-centred care for older populations.
The reality of people-centred care experience for people and communities. IFIC has conducted its third annual survey, this time calling on our network to share their understanding and experience of the reality of people-centred care.
06/09/2022 @ All Day –
Aimed at all those interested in writing scientific papers on their programmes or initiatives, emerging researchers, as well as experienced, published academics, this webinar will allow you to dig deep into the current trends of integrated care publishing and the state of the publishing in this field.
09/07/2020 @ 12:00 am –
Health and care workers are our greatest asset, working alongside family carers, community partners and local networks of support. However, without reforms, sustaining the workforce is also one of our greatest challenges.
05/08/2020 @ 12:00 am –
Hosted in Spanish, this webinar is co-organised by IFIC, Universidad de Costa Rica, and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano. In this session, we want to identify and share emerging integrated care practices to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ibero-America, as well as discuss new opportunities in the integration of health services and systems in the future.
The aim is to facilitate collaboration across disciplines and countries to enhance our understanding, adoption, and evaluation of integrated long-term care.
18/10/2024 – 19/10/2024 @ All Day –
This immersive learning experience responds to demand from the health and aged care sectors in Canada and North America to help build knowledge, capacity and skills to support the effective design and adoption of integrated care in practice. The two-day course is designed as a short, intensive, residential program for individuals, teams and local partners to support the advancement of their integrated care projects and plans in their own context.
The International Foundation for Integrated Care’s (IFIC) Integrated Care Academy has developed several continuing professional development (CPD) and other education and training programmes over the years. It has delivered these as stand-alone and in collaboration with partners. It has also promoted the work of partnering higher education institutions who provide post-graduate education and training. IFIC’s Academy…
14/05/2025 – 16/05/2025 @ All Day –
The 25th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC25), took place in Lisbon from 14 – 16 May 2025 and explored how integrated care can support sustainable, inclusive and people centered health and care systems.
IFIC Annual Survey 2023 Are we there yet? People´s views on how far we have advanced in providing continuous and coordinated care Authors: Dr Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, Dr Edelweiss Aldasoro, Alejandro Gil-Salmerón, Dr Pilar Gangas, Dr Niamh Lennox-Chhugani. IFIC has conducted its second annual survey on integrated care, with a specific emphasis on collecting the experiences of our network regarding…
June 2023 was the date for the comeback of the face-to-face International Summer Schools on Integrated Care (ISSIC23 and ISSIC23_E). In the past years, considering the challenges of meeting face-to-face and with the intention of providing access to Integrated Care training worldwide, the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) has focused on strengthening its virtual learning opportunities.
Kerry Specialist Palliative Care Service provides a comprehensive palliative care service in County Kerry that is highly valued by those using the service, families, clinicians, and the entire community. The service provides care in four settings i.e., in a Specialist Inpatient Unit; through a Specialist Palliative Care Community Team; at a Specialist Palliative Care Day…
18/08/2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am –
The challenges posed by COVID-19 present an opportunity to rethink fragmented health and dependency care systems so that they are integrated, driven by individuals and communities, and resilient to future systemic crises.
The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) was commissioned to deliver Phases 1 and 2 of an independent external evaluation of an Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (from now on, “the National Programme”). Phase 1 included a Preliminary Engagement session with stakeholders to understand what they perceived the value of an evaluation of the…
The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) was asked to conduct an independent rapid retrospective evaluation of a Mental Health 24/7 Crisis Response Service (CRS) that had been operating in a health area of England since its launch in April 2020, hence at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Download the publication PDF
IFIC Annual Survey 2022 Promoting Integrated Care Across the World Dr Niamh Lennox-Chhugani Dr Arturo Alvarez-Rosete Dr Edelweiss Aldasoro Alejandro Gil-Salmeron October 11, 2022 In March 2022, the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) launched its first survey across its network asking people to share their views on what integrated care means to them and…
Niamh Lennox-Chhugani, Edelweiss Aldasoro and Alejandro Gil Salmeron In April 2020, one month after many countries across the world went into lockdown and health and care systems in many countries were dealing with the consequences of the pandemic, the International Foundation for Integrated Care launched a webinar series over five months. We convened integrated care…
Study on the barriers to effective development and implementation of national policies on antimicrobial resistance (2021/P1/02), for HaDEA (2022-2023) under Framework Contract SANTE/2021/OP/002
IFIC has led the redesign of a multi-layer care pathway for older adults in Europe in the framework of the PROCare4Life project. Specific to this project, “the purpose of the care pathway planning is to produce a written document that records needs, identifies actions to be taken, and resources that need to be put in place…
23/05/2022 – 25/05/2022 @ 12:00 am – 11:59 pm –
We are very pleased that the 22nd International Conference on Integrated Care will take place in Odense, Denmark, from 23 – 25 May 2022. The conference is a partnership with Healthcare Denmark and inspiring Denmark. The conference will bring together researchers, clinicians, and managers from around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and social care.
Can we function as one system, identify with the shared values and vision, and believe that everybody can be a partner in the care of each other when many societies structurally impoverish, marginalise, deprive, neglect or abandon some of their communities? The pandemic has highlighted that some communities and groups are systematically neglected and unprotected.
There are many innovations in integrated care ongoing in Australia and worldwide, but most often there is a lack of awareness or appreciation of these projects in how they have been designed and implemented and the impact they have made.
Have you ever tried to cook something outside of the dish’s country of origin? It tastes different. No matter how thoroughly you read and follow a recipe. It still tastes different. The soil, the air, the water, in essence, the elements that affect the ingredients are different.
IFIC has welcomed two new members to the team Monica Sørensen and Edelweiss Aldasoro who bring a wealth of experience to the Foundation.
Senior Researcher
Head of the IFIC Integrated Care Academy
Joint Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)