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“The citizen is stepping into a new role”—Policy interpretations of patient and public involvement in Finland
In this study health policy documents, which have guided the development of patient and public involvement in Finland have been analysed using methods of Membership Categorisation Analysis. This has enabled us to explore how health policy documents categorise patients and the wider public in relation to involvement and orientate the involvement activities in which people are able to participate. Different set of abilities, expectations, responsibilities and opportunities is attached to the categories of patient, risk group, service user, customer and expert. Health policy documents often equate involvement with choice maki...
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - November 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Marjaana Jones, Ilkka Pietil ä Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

A survey of exercise professionals ’ barriers and facilitators to working with stroke survivors
This study aimed to investigate EPs’ opinions on working with SSs by rating their agreement of barriers and facilitators to working with SSs. The study also investigated EPs skills, interest and experience working with SSs and the relationship between EPs’ barriers and facilitators with their training on stroke. A descriptive cross‐sectional study was conducted using a researcher‐designed online survey between October and December 2015. Purposive sampling was used to survey EPs on the Register of Exercise Professionals in Ireland (n = 277). The response rate was 31% (87/277). Only 22% (19/86) of EPs had experienc...
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - November 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Marie Condon, Marie Guidon Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The evolving role of the personal support worker in home care in Ontario, Canada
Abstract To meet increasing demand for home care, the role of personal support workers (PSWs) is shifting from providing primarily personal and supportive care to include care activities previously provided by regulated health professionals (RHPs). Much of the research examining this shift focuses on specialty programmes, with few studies investigating the daily care being provided by PSWs, frequency of care activities being provided by PSWs, and characteristics of the population receiving more complex tasks. Between January and April 2015, a review of 517 home‐care service user charts was undertaken in Ontario, Canada, ...
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - November 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Margaret Saari, Erin Patterson, Shawna Kelly, Ann E. Tourangeau Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Psychometric testing of the Family ‐Carer Diabetes Management Self‐Efficacy Scale
Abstract The aim of this study was to develop and test the construct and content validity, internal consistency of the Family‐Carer Diabetes Management Self‐Efficacy Scale (F‐DMSES). A sample of 70 Thai individuals who cared for those living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a rural community in Thailand was included in the study. Data were collected by a questionnaire survey in January 2014. The F‐DMSES was initially derived from the DMSES, with subsequent forward and backward translations from and to English and Thai languages. The psychometric properties (content, construct and internal consistency) of the...
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - November 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Nutchanath Wichit, George Mnatzaganian, Mary Courtney, Paula Schulz, Maree Johnson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

A possibility for strengthening family life and health: Family members ’ lived experience when a sick child receives home care in Sweden
Abstract Families often prefer home care to hospital care, and home‐care services for ill children are increasing worldwide with limited knowledge of families’ needs during curative and palliative home care. The aim of this study was to elucidate family members’ lived experience when a sick child received home care from county‐based primary healthcare services. A descriptive qualitative design was chosen and 12 families including sick children receiving home care and their mothers, fathers and siblings in the south of Sweden were interviewed between December 2015 and January 2017. The transcribed interviews were an...
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - November 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Charlotte Castor, Kajsa Landgren, Helena Hansson, Inger Kristensson Hallstr öm Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research