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Perceived autonomy and activity choices among physically disabled older people in nursing home settings
— a randomized trial | | Author(s) | Mette Andresen, Uila Runge, Morten Hoff |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 21, no 8, December 2009 |
| Pages | pp 1133-1158 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Residents [care homes] ; Self care capacity ; Rights [elderly] ; Nursing homes ; Clinical surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The effect of individually tailored programmes on perceived autonomy in institutionalised physically disabled older people was evaluated; and participants' activity wishes and content of the programmes are described. This Danish blinded randomised trial with follow up included a total of nine nursing homes and 50 nursing home residents who were randomised into either a control group or an intervention group. Perceived autonomy was measured at baseline (T1), after 12 weeks (T2) of intervention and after 24 weeks (T3) Wishes for daily activities was identified at T1. Weekly reports of individual programmes were drawn up. Both groups perceived autonomy as average at baseline, and increased their mean score at T2 to high or close to high. At T3, both groups scored average but exceeded the level of T1. Activity wishes and the content of the programmes indicate incoherence. Although the correspondence between the individual wishes for activities and the concrete content of the programmes was not obvious, results indicate potential for enabling the perception of autonomy among physically disabled older nursing home residents. The clinical consequences may suggest a focus on existing traditions, methods and tools in the nursing home practice. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100929013 A |
| Classmark | BN: KX: CA: IKR: LHB: 3G: 76K |
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