Impact of home modification services on ability in everyday life for people ageing with disabilities

Petersson, Ingela; Lilja, Margareta; Hammel, Joy; Kottorp, Anders

doi:10.2340/16501977-0160

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“…Based on the scientific evidence available [21,23,51], also functioning in terms of ADL capacity would be positively affected [17]. Since older people often want to live at home as long as possible [52], this is of importance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Occupational therapists make recommendations for housing adaptions based on assessment of the transactions between individuals, the characteristics of the physical environment and their daily occupations based on individual needs [15]. Studies in Sweden have demonstrated that housing adaptations increases accessibility [16], improves self-related ability in everyday life [17] as well as the usability of the home [18]. Further, housing adaptations reduces the number of falls [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Pettersson

Slaug

Granbom

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Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Pettersson

Slaug

Granbom

et al. 2017

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Previous research has demonstrated that HA improves the usability of the home [10,11] increases independence in daily activities [11,12,13] and reduces the number of falls [13,14]. However, no studies on long-term outcomes of HA have been presented.…”

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confidence: 94%

Clients’ experiences of housing adaptations: a longitudinal mixed-methods study

Pettersson

Löfqvist

Fänge

2012

Disability and Rehabilitation

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2 AbstractPurpose. To explore clients' experience of the housing adaptations over time in relation to housing and health. Method.A multiple longitudinal case study, employing an embedded mixed-method design was used. Four participants were included and data from semi-structured interviews were combined with data from structured survey assessments.Results. Housing adaptation made it possible to maintain valuable roles and activities, to continue to live in the participants' own homes and to take part in the society. The participants strived for autonomy and control, and in order to do so they needed different kinds of support, in terms of HA and mobility devices as well as support from professionals. HA also challenged the participants' routines and habits, as well as their perception about how an appealing HA aesthetically. Thus, the decision to apply for a HA was not always straightforward. Instead, the participants were constantly engaged in negotiations with themselves, concerning benefits and drawbacks of different decisions. Conclusions.Housing adaptations involve complex person-environment-activity transactions, and enhance clients' activity and independence in spite of functional decline. The knowledge generated is important in order to improve individual housing adaptation, as well as improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention.

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“…The questionnaire was constructed based on previous research on housing adaptations (1,7,(12)(13), current Swedish housing adaptation legislation, and national guidelines (4,18).…”

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“…In a systematic overview of studies targeting outcomes of housing adaptations (6), substantial evidence of reduced disability, for example dependence in ADL and IADL, was found in some studies, (3,5,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) but other studies (13)(14)(15) indicated that the intervention had no such effects. Instead, multidimensional interventions comprising a variety of strategies, e.g.…”

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Housing adaptations from the perspectives of Swedish occupational therapists

Fänge

Lindberg

Iwarsson

2012

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The aim of this study was to investigate how occupational therapists in Sweden administer housing adaptation cases, how they perceive the housing adaptation process, and which improvements they consider necessary. A total of 1,679 occupational therapists employed by county councils or local authorities (and are involved in housing adaptations) participated in a web-based survey. The survey targeted issues related to referral and needs identification, assessment, certification, case progress feedback and evaluation. Less than half of the occupational therapists systematized the assessment prior to intervention and very few conducted any evaluation afterwards. Feedback from workmen or grant managers to the occupational therapists on each case's adaptation progress was rare but asked for. The majority of the participants were satisfied with the housing adaptation process in general, while at the same time they indicated a need for further improvements of the process.Differences between occupational therapists related to employer and year of graduation were found on the majority of the targeted issues. To conclude, a very large extent of housing adaptations seem to be based on non-standardized procedures for assessment, and only few of them are evaluated systematically.Keywords: web-based survey, case management, evidence-based practice, home modification. Housing adaptations from the perspectives of Swedish occupational therapistsAbstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how occupational therapists in Sweden administer housing adaptation cases, how they perceive the housing adaptation process, and which improvements they consider necessary. A total of 1,679 occupational therapists employed by the county councils' or the local authorities (and are involved in housing adaptations) participated in a web-based survey. The survey targeted issues related to referral and needs identification, assessment, certification, case progress feedback and evaluation. Less than half of the occupational therapists systematized the assessment prior to intervention and very few conducted any evaluation afterwards.Feedback from workmen or grant managers to the occupational therapists on each case's adaptation progress was often asked for but rarely given. The majority of the participants were satisfied with the housing adaptation process in general, while at the same time they indicated a need for further improvements of the process. Differences between occupational therapists related to employer and year of graduation were found on the majority of the targeted issues. To conclude, to a very large extent of housing adaptations seem to be based on non-standardized procedures for assessment, and only few of them are evaluated systematically.2

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Impact of home modification services on ability in everyday life for people ageing with disabilities

Abstract: Home modifications have a positive impact on self-rated ability in everyday life, especially on decreasing the level of difficulty and increasing safety.

Cited by 91 publications

References 25 publications

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Clients’ experiences of housing adaptations: a longitudinal mixed-methods study

Housing adaptations from the perspectives of Swedish occupational therapists

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