CARMEN is the acronym for the 'Care and Management of Services for Older People in Europe Network'. This thematic network has been managed by the European Health Management Association (EHMA) and has been funded by the European Commission under the RTD programme 'Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources 1998-2002, Key Action: Ageing', project number QLK6-2000-00584.
This policy framework offers a checklist for national and regional policy makers concerned with improving the integration of services to older people. It also offers a checklist against which older people, carers and their organisations, and all those who are concerned to see change can review the policy of their national and regional government. [Foreword abbreviated]