Journal article
Time‐limited home‐care reablement services for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Reablement, also known as restorative care, is one possible approach to home-care services for older adults at risk of functional decline. Unlike traditional home-care services, reablement is frequently time-limited (usually six to 12 weeks) and aims to maximise independence by offering an intensive multidisciplinary, person-centred and goal-directed intervention.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of time-limited home-care …
Authors
Cochrane A; Furlong M; McGilloway S; Molloy DW; Stevenson M; Donnelly M
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2016, No. 10,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd010825.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137