Publications by authors named "Alison Laver-Fawcett"

Patient or user engagement with health and social care interventions is receiving increased attention and interest within practice settings and research. An English evaluation of three reablement services wished to include a measure of user-engagement so as to explore its association with outcomes. As no measure of reablement engagement existed, an existing measure designed for use with physical rehabilitation patients (the Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale) was adapted and its psychometric properties were tested.

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Background: Reablement is a time-limited intervention that aims to support people to regain independence and enable them to resume their daily activities after they return home from an in-patient care setting, or to maintain independence to enable them to remain at home. There is some evidence that reablement can enhance independence and has the potential to contain costs. However, reablement services are funded and provided in different ways and by different organisations, and there is limited research evidence about the effectiveness of different reablement service models.

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The Activity Card Sort (ACS) is a valid and reliable measure of older adults' participation; however, cultural sensitivity issues are a limitation to its application in the United Kingdom. A content validity study was undertaken to identify culturally relevant activity items to be included in a United Kingdom version of the ACS (ACS-UK). For item generation, United Kingdom time-use studies, research related to other ACS versions, and expert opinions were used.

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