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New horizons
— reablement - supporting older people towards independence | | Author(s) | Fiona Aspinal, Jon Glasby, Tine Rostgaard |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 45, no 5, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 574-578 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Independence ; Home care services ; Living in the community ; Rehabilitation ; Aftercare ; Person-centred care ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | As the overwhelming majority of older people prefer to remain in their own homes and communities, innovative service provision aims to promote independence, despite incremental age-associated frailty. Reablement is one such service intervention that is rapidly being adopted across high-income countries, and is projected to result in significant cost savings in public health expenditure, by decreasing premature admission to acute care settings and long-term institutionalisation. Often multi-disciplinary in nature, reablement is an intensive, time-limited intervention provided in people's homes or in community settings, and focusses on supporting people to regain skills around daily activities. Irrespective of diagnosis, age and individual capacities, it is goal-orientated, holistic and person-centred. Reablement is an inclusive approach that seeks to work with all kinds of frail people, but requires skilled professionals who are willing to adapt their practice to older people, families and care staff. Although reablement may just seem the right thing to do, studies on the outcomes of this knowledge-based practice are inconsistent. Yet there is an emerging evidence and practice base that suggests that reablement improves performance in daily activities. However, this innovative service may lead to hidden side effects, such as social isolation and a paradoxical increase in hospital admissions. Some of the necessary evaluative research is already underway, the results of which will help fill some of the evidence gaps outlined in this article. Work relating to this article emerged at the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) Copenhagen Summit on Reablement and Older People, 17-19 April 2016 (http://www.ifa-copenhagen-summit.com/). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170106223 A |
| Classmark | C3: NH: K4: LM: LN: PAA: 64A |
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