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The user voice
— older people's experiences of reablement and rehabilitation | | Author(s) | Tessa Trappes-Lomax, Annie Hawton |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 20, issue 3, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 181-194 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/pier/ |
| Keywords | Rehabilitation ; Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Effective reablement is dependent on service users' co-operation and motivation. It therefore needs to be highly responsive to their needs and views. This qualitative study offers specific user views about their experiences in different settings and at different stages of reablement, together with their ideas for how it might work better. The study describes the experiences of 42 older people in rehabilitation services in community hospitals and local authority short-term residential units followed by 'usual care' services at home across Mid and East Devon. Findings revealed four main themes: the complexity of rehabilitative need; the influence of the setting; the role of the staff; and the availability of reablement support back at home. The authors conclude that the findings demonstrate changing rehabilitative needs along the care pathway, with implications for commissioners and providers of reablement services. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121009004 A |
| Classmark | LM: I: IK: DP: 3DP |
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