Cecilia Pettersson1, Magnus Zingmark2,3, Maria Haak4,5. 1. School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden. 2. Health and Social Care Administration, Municipality of Östersund, Östersund, Sweden. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. 4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden. 5. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Social participation and the ability to build and maintain social relationships is emphasized as important for older people's health and well-being. AIM: To explore if social participation is addressed and whether age, gender and level of functioning are associated with the composition of occupational therapy interventions within the context of reablement. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, invitations to participate were sent to 60 municipalities in Sweden. 318 occupational therapists participated and described the character of initiated interventions made during 3 weeks through web-based surveys. RESULT: 1392 cases were reported in the age span of 19-103 years, 61.7% were women. A higher proportion of persons having no home care and minor functional dependency got interventions with a focus on social participation to a higher extent than persons with major functional dependency. Occupational therapists' interventions vary as related to functional limitation, age, and gender. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the severity of functional limitation impacts the focus of the intervention whereas age and gender do not. There is a need for social participation to be more clearly addressed within the context of reablement. SIGNIFICANCE: To develop a person-centred intervention, one needs to consider aspects of age, gender, and functions.
BACKGROUND: Social participation and the ability to build and maintain social relationships is emphasized as important for older people's health and well-being. AIM: To explore if social participation is addressed and whether age, gender and level of functioning are associated with the composition of occupational therapy interventions within the context of reablement. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, invitations to participate were sent to 60 municipalities in Sweden. 318 occupational therapists participated and described the character of initiated interventions made during 3 weeks through web-based surveys. RESULT: 1392 cases were reported in the age span of 19-103 years, 61.7% were women. A higher proportion of persons having no home care and minor functional dependency got interventions with a focus on social participation to a higher extent than persons with major functional dependency. Occupational therapists' interventions vary as related to functional limitation, age, and gender. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the severity of functional limitation impacts the focus of the intervention whereas age and gender do not. There is a need for social participation to be more clearly addressed within the context of reablement. SIGNIFICANCE: To develop a person-centred intervention, one needs to consider aspects of age, gender, and functions.
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Keywords:
Ageing; activity; community participation; every-day rehabilitation; restorative home care services; social care; social health