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posted on 2022-04-25, 14:40 authored by Frances HorganFrances Horgan, Vanda Cummins, Frank DoyleFrank Doyle, Maria O'Sullivan, Rose Galvin, Elissa Burton, Jan SorensenJan Sorensen, Dawn A Skelton, Bex Townley, Debbie Rooney, Gill Jackson, Lauren Swan, Austin WartersAn 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.
Funding
Health Research Board Applied Partnership Award 2017 (HRB APA-2017-013)
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Horgan NF. et al. 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. J Frailty Sarcopenia Falls. 2020;5(1):10-16Publication Date
1 March 2020External DOI
PubMed ID
32300730Department/Unit
- Health Outcomes Research Centre
- Health Psychology
- School of Physiotherapy
Research Area
- Population Health and Health Services
Publisher
Hylonome PublicationsVersion
- Published Version (Version of Record)