ASSIST 2.0: a Reablement Program for Healthy Ageing

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Reablement Frailty Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Assist Reablement (including education and mentoring)

Behavioral

Reablement on-line education will be standard and mandatory for both intervention groups. Mentoring will be formed according to the pre-requisites at the site.

Primary outcomes

The improvement of performance and/or satisfaction in prioritized everyday activities after the end of the reablement intervention, 6 and 12 months post baseline.

Time frame: Measurements will be at baseline, two weeks post base line, at the end of the intervention (6-12 weeks post baseline), 6 and 12 months post baseline.

The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) will be used. The COPM measures the level of self-assessed performanace and satisfaction of up to five prioritized everyday activities that the person needs, wants or is expected to do, but percieves difficulties doing them. The person rates, for each everyday activity, on a scale of 1 to 10 the prioritisation, the performance and the satisfaction of the activity. For the prioritisation 10 represents very important, one not important). For the performance scale, 10 represents the person does the activity extremely well, and one represents can not do the activity at all. For the satisfaction scale, 10 represents being extremely satisfied and and one not satisfied at all. An increase in two points or more from base-line to follow-up is a positive clinically significant difference.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Aileen L Bergström, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+4673 7490139

Susanne Assander, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aileen Bergström

Other

Collaborators

Forte

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2025
Primary completion: 2027
Study completion: 2028
First posted: Dec 27, 2024
Registry last updated: Mar 7, 2025

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