Effects and meanings of a person-centred and health-promoting intervention in home care services - a study protocol of a non-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The literature indicates that current home care service are largely task oriented with limited focus on the involvement of the older people themselves, and studies show that lack of involvement might reduce older people's quality of life. Person-centred care has been shown to improve the satisfaction with care and quality of life in older people cared for in hospitals and nursing homes, with limited published evidence about the effects and meanings of person-centred interventions in home care services for older people. This study protocol outlines a study aiming to evaluate such effects and meanings of a person-centred and health-promoting intervention in home aged care services.

Methods/design

The study will take the form of a non-randomised controlled trial with

SUBMITTER: Bolenius K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5314690 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature