Journal article
A comparison of the home‐care and healthcare service use and costs of older Australians randomised to receive a restorative or a conventional home‐care service
Abstract
Restorative home-care services, or re-ablement home-care services as they are now known in the UK, aim to assist older individuals who are experiencing difficulties in everyday living to optimise their functioning and reduce their need for ongoing home care. Until recently, the effectiveness of restorative home-care services had only been investigated in terms of singular outcomes such as length of home-care episode, admission to hospital and …
Authors
Lewin G; Allan J; Patterson C; Knuiman M; Boldy D; Hendrie D
Journal
Health & Social Care in the Community, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 328–336
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
5 2014
DOI
10.1111/hsc.12092
ISSN
0966-0410