ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
Re-thinking reablement strategies for older adults in residential aged care: a scoping review.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07772739 (Collaborative Reablement Service Model Implementation in Community-Based Settings), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Collaborative Reablement Service Model Implementation in Community-Based Settings
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among Older Adults in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review Using the Social Ecological Model.Journal of aging and health · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the experience of reablement: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of older people's and carers' views.Health & social care in the community · 2022Pooled it
- Cluster randomized trial of reablement strategies targeting sarcopenia (ReStart-S) in long-term care settings.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Trial
- Cognitive, functional and affective effects of a multi-task training in nursing home residents: results from a randomized pilot study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Trial
- Mapping of Reablement Research - A Scoping Review of Reviews.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
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- Rehabilitation, reablement, and restorative care approaches in the aged care sector: a scoping review of systematic reviews.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Four-Step Co-Designing of the Reablement Strategies Targeting Sarcopenia (ReStart-S): An Exercise-Based Multicomponent Program for Older Adults Residing in Long-Term Care Settings.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Conceptualizing the Facilitators and Barriers of Successful Multidisciplinary Teamwork Within the Reablement Process: A Scoping Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Pragmatic Evaluation of a Low-Threshold Sports Program for Older Adults in Group Homes.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Uptake of COVID-19 Temporary Allied Health Services for Residential Aged Care in Australia.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Article
- Publication Trends in Reablement - A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe number of older adults in residential aged care is increasing. Aged care residents have been shown to spend most of the day sedentary and have many co-morbidities. This review aimed to systematically explore the effectiveness of reablement strategies in residential aged care for older adults' physical function, quality of life and mental health, the features of effective interventions and feasibility (compliance, acceptability, adverse events and cost effectiveness).
methodThis scoping review was undertaken according to PRISMA guidelines (extension for scoping reviews). Five e-databases (Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and CINAHL) were searched from 2010 onwards. Randomised controlled trials investigating reablement strategies addressing physical deconditioning for older adults (mean age ≥ 65 yrs) in residential aged care on physical function, quality of life or mental health were included. Feasibility of the interventions (compliance, acceptability, satisfaction, adverse events and cost effectiveness) was explored.
resultsFive thousand six hundred thirty-one citations were retrieved, and 63 studies included. Sample sizes ranged from 15 to 322 and intervention duration from one to 12 months. Exercise sessions were most often conducted two to three times per week (44 studies) and physiotherapist-led (27 studies). Interventions were predominately multi-component (28 studies, combinations of strength, balance, aerobic, functional exercises). Five interventions used technology. 60% of studies measuring physical function reported significant improvement in the intervention versus control, 40% of studies measuring quality of life reported significant improvements in favour of the intervention, and 26% of studies measuring mental health reported significant intervention benefits. Over half of the studies measured compliance and adverse events, four measured acceptability and none reported cost effectiveness.
conclusionsThere has been a research surge investigating reablement strategies in residential aged care with wide variability in the types and features of strategies and outcome measures. Few studies have measured acceptability, or cost effectiveness. Exploration of core outcomes, mapping stakeholders and co-designing a scalable intervention is warranted.
trial registrationProspectively registered review protocol (Open Science Framework: DOI https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7NX9M ).
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