CompletedNot Applicable

The Effects and Meaning of a Person-centred and Health-promoting Intervention in Home Care Services

81 participantsStarted 2015-09

Plain-language summary

Current home care service are to a large extent task oriented with a limited focus on care recipient's involvement. Furthermore, studies have shown that low care recipients' involvement might decrease older people's quality of life. Person-centred care focusing on involvement has improved the quality of life and the satisfaction with care for older people in health care and nursing homes but there is a lack of knowledge about the effects and meaning of a person-centred interventions in aged care at home. Present study describes the evaluation of a person-centred and health-promoting intervention.

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion criteria for care recipients will be: * persons 65 years or older * living at home with granted HCS * have at least two visits per month, and * be Swedish speaking Inclusion for family members: * be defined by the care recipients as his/her family member, and * Swedish speaking Inclusion for staff: * have an employment for more than 6 month in the HCS district at baseline, be a contact staff and * Swedish speaking * Care recipients who apply for HCS in the district during the study period will be offered the intervention but not be included in the evaluation Exclusion Criteria * No exclusion criteria

What they're measuring

Change of Quality of Life assessed with the Nottingham Health Profile scale

Timeframe: Baseline, 12 and 24 month follow-up

Change of Quality of Life assessed with the EQ-5D

Timeframe: Baseline, 12 and 24 month follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02846246

SponsorUmeå University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-05