Enhancing existing formal home care to improve and maintain functional status in older adults: Protocol for a feasibility study on the implementation of the Care to Move (CTM) programme in an Irish healthcare setting
An increasing ageing population leads to greater demand for care services to help maintain people in their own homes. Physical activity programmes have been shown to improve older adults' functional capacity, enabling the older adult to live independently and maintain functional status. There h...
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Published in | Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 10 - 16 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Greece
HYLONOME PUBLICATIONS
01.03.2020
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Summary: | An increasing ageing population leads to greater demand for care services to help maintain people in their own homes. Physical activity programmes have been shown to improve older adults' functional capacity, enabling the older adult to live independently and maintain functional status. There has been a lack of quality research conducted around physical activity within the landscape of home care services. We describe a feasibility study of implementing the Care to Move (CTM) programme in older adults receiving low-level home care. A Phase 1 mixed-methods feasibility study design will explore the recruitment, attrition, retention, costs to deliver and data loss. It will also explore the acceptability and impact of the CTM programme on older adults and thematic analysis of data collected from older people, home care workers and relevant stakeholders through use of semi-structured interviews and focus groups. We will measure functional status and fall outcomes in older adults receiving low levels of home care, facilitating this population to continue living independently at home and providing data currently not known around this group. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Bex Townley and Dawn A. Skelton are Directors of Later Life Training Ltd, a not for profit company delivering training in exercise delivery with older people, including the Care To Move Approach. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest. |
ISSN: | 2459-4148 2459-4148 |
DOI: | 10.22540/JFSF-05-010 |