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Increased physiotherapy in sheltered housing in Sweden
— a study of structure and process in elderly care | | Author(s) | Gunilla Fahlström, Kitty Kamwendo |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 11, no 6, November 2003 |
| Pages | pp 470-476 |
| Keywords | Physiotherapy ; Occupational therapy ; Sheltered housing ; Management [care] ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The effect of increasing the level of physiotherapy services in two units of sheltered housing in Sweden was studied. The intervention unit received 20 hours and the control 2 hours of physiotherapy services per week. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy records were reviewed before and during the project. Physiotherapists also kept extended documentation over an 11 month period. There was a significant increase in the number of patients receiving physiotherapy and occupational therapy within both units. No significant differences between the units were found for the number of patients receiving physiotherapy. The number of patients receiving occupational therapy differed significantly between units before as well as during the intervention. Primarily care assistants and auxiliary nurses initiate contact with the physiotherapists mainly for patient-orientated errands. 50% of the instructions given by the physiotherapists at the 20-hour unit related to movement-orientated activities of daily living (ADLs). At the 2-hour unit, 52% of instructions were programme-orientated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031107202 A |
| Classmark | LOA: LOH: KLA: QA: 76P |
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