ASSIST 2.0: a Reablement Program for Healthy Ageing

Aileen Bergström

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Reablement; Frailty

Treatments: Behavioral: Assist Reablement (including education and mentoring)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06749080

ASSIST 2.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to continue to develop, implement, and evaluate a unique reablement service, ASSIST 2.0. The project will determine the differences in the reablement service (ASSIST 2.0) compared to regular home care in terms of older adults' performance in daily activities, self-efficacy, perceived health, quality of life, frailty and perceived person-centered approach.

The research question is: Can older adults receiving ASSIST 2.0 improve their performance and satisfaction in daily life activities, experience a higher level of self-efficacy, perceived health, quality of life and a person-centered approach?

The ASSIST project involves older adults receiving home care, home care assistants, occupational and physical therapists. ASSIST 2.0 reablement consists of the following components:

• an intervention aimed at older adults to help them perform daily activities they need and want to do. This will be achieved through optimal support from home care staff,
• an on-line education provided by the researchers for all staff in the art and science of reablement,
• training and support through mentorship and coaching provided by occupational and physical therapists for home care staff to ensure the proper delivery of reablement.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Homecare has been granted
• The person can describe an ordinary day and what they have problems with doing
• 65 years of age or over

Exclusion criteria

• The person has palliative care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group - ASSIST intervention groups Uppsala/Stockholm

Active Comparator group

Description:

All staff in the intervention group will recieve an on-line reablement education. The occupational and physcial therapist in the intervention group will provide mentoring including reflection for the homecare staff. Together the team will focus on the older persons everyday occuations and deliver reablement to the older persons.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Assist Reablement (including education and mentoring)

Control group Uppsala/Stockholm

No Intervention group

Description:

The older person will recieve home care as usual without a reablement education or support from occupational or physical therapists.