Developing an assessment scale for long-term care reablement literacy in home care workers in Taiwan using a modified Delphi method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reablement is a philosophy of change in long-term care (LTC). Assessing the knowledge and competence of LTC professionals who provide reablement services is vital in LTC research. This study aimed to develop a scale for the assessment of long-term care reablement literacy (LTCRL) and employ this scale to assess the performance of home care workers in Taiwan.

Methods

To develop this scale, we employed the modified Delphi technique based on the theoretical framework of health literacy and the content of service delivery in reablement. Home care workers from northern, central, and southern Taiwan were selected through purposive sampling (N = 119). Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire that included items related to basic demographic characteristics

SUBMITTER: Yu HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640426 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature