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| Older adults and carers' perceptions of pre-discharge occupational therapy home visits in acute care | | Author(s) | A Atwal, A McIntyre, C Craik |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 37, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 72-76 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Discharge [hospitals] ; Occupational therapists ; Home visits [doctors] ; Occupational therapy ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Pre-discharge occupational therapy (OT) home visits are an integral part of the discharged process for older people in acute care. There is limited quality research demonstrating that these pre-discharge visits enhance older people's health and well-being. This paper outlines a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews of the perceptions of 15 older people and 7 carers of the home visit process from the exploratory phase of an ongoing research project. While the older people are not fully prepared to undertake home visits, carers offer them reassurance about the discharge process. Whereas for carers, the home visit process appeared to eradicate anxiety, some older people perceived the process as demoralising, daunting and increasing their anxiety. Older people were often reluctant to accept changes or to have valued occupations stopped. The findings suggest that the current model of pre-discharge occupational therapy home visits does not promote health and well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080304204 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKJ: QTR: L5H: LOH: 3DP |
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