ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2016
The reablement team's voice: a qualitative study of how an integrated multidisciplinary team experiences participation in reablement.
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- How can interprofessional collaboration be fostered and sustained in team-based care integration for older people in community settings? A realist evidence synthesis.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a reablement training program for homecare staff on older adults' sedentary behavior: A cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Trial
- Process evaluation of a reablement training program for homecare staff to encourage independence in community-dwelling older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2021Trial
- Process-evaluation alongside a cluster-randomized trial examining the effectiveness of the 'SELF-program' on nurses' activity encouragement behavior.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Positive changes after a reablement program for older people in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods feasibility study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Modified Barthel Index for Policy and Practice in Reablement: Lessons From Australia's Short-Term Restorative Care Program.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Article
- The DECISION project: DiscrEte Choice experIment Spinal manipulative therapy for lOw back paiN: A study protocol.MethodsX · 2024Article
- A qualitative exploration of professionals' perspectives on the implementation of reablement intervention programs in community care.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Conceptualizing the Facilitators and Barriers of Successful Multidisciplinary Teamwork Within the Reablement Process: A Scoping Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Exploring Goal-Setting and Achievement Within Reablement: A Comparative Case Study of Three Countries.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Nurse Manager's Responsibilities in Creating Supportive Working Conditions Post Implementation of Everyday Coping: A Hermeneutic Research Study of District Nurses' Experiences.Nursing research and practice · 2024Article
- Emplacing reablement co-creating an outdoor recreation model in the rural Arctic.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- The Content of Physiotherapy and Factors Impacting on Reablement - A National Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Publication Trends in Reablement - A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Reablement - relevant factors for implementation: an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study design.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Promotion of physical activity in older adults: facilitators and barriers experienced by healthcare personnel in the context of reablement.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Selecting from their toolbox of interventions - A realist study of the role of occupational therapists in reablement services.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2022Article
- Reablement professionals' perspectives on client characteristics and factors associated with successful home-based reablement: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Staff experiences of a reablement approach to care for older people in a regional Australian community: A qualitative study.Health & social care in the community · 2021Article
- Reablement through time and space: a scoping review of how the concept of 'reablement' for older people has been defined and operationalised.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundReablement is an early and time-limited home-based rehabilitation intervention that emphasizes intensive, goal-oriented, and multidisciplinary assistance for people experiencing functional decline. Few empirical studies to date have examined the experiences of the integrated multidisciplinary teams involved in reablement. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to explore and describe how an integrated multidisciplinary team in Norway experienced participation in reablement.
methodsAn integrated multidisciplinary team consisting of health care professionals with a bachelor's degree (including a physiotherapist, a social educator, occupational therapists, and nurses) and home-based care personnel without a bachelor's degree (auxiliary nurses and nursing assistants) participated in focus group discussions. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the resulting data.
resultsThree main themes emerged from the participants' experiences with participating in reablement, including "the older adult's goals are crucial", "a different way of thinking and acting - a shift in work culture", and "a better framework for cooperation and application of professional expertise and judgment". The integrated multidisciplinary team and the older adults collaborated and worked in the same direction to achieve the person's valued goals. The team supported the older adults in performing activities themselves rather than completing tasks for them. To facilitate cooperation and application of professional expertise and judgment, common meeting times and meeting places for communication and supervision were necessary.
conclusionStructural factors that promote integrated multidisciplinary professional decisions include providing common meeting times and meeting places as well as sufficient time to apply professional knowledge when supervising and supporting older persons in everyday activities. These findings have implications for practice and suggest future directions for improving health care services. The shift in work culture from static to dynamic service is time consuming and requires politicians, community leaders, and health care systems to allocate the necessary time to support this approach to thinking and working.
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