Aim: The current study was part of a larger project to develop an e-mentoring intervention for aged care support workers in New Zealand. In Phase 1, we explored support workers' perspectives of e-mentoring. In Phase 2, we investigated the intervention's usability, acceptability, and its perceived barriers, facilitators, and benefits.
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February 2025
Purpose Of Review: Rehabilitation is the mainstay of recovery after stroke, but key recommendations focused on delivering 'as much therapy as possible' and stroke survivor outcome measures have remained relatively unchanged for decades. Traditional therapy approaches focus on maximum improvement of physical impairments while a stroke survivor is in hospital to ensure that community discharge can be deemed 'safe'. This narrow approach sidelines the outcomes that are meaningful to the stroke survivor in the long term and the challenges they may face within their social context.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the theoretical development and structure of an occupation-based intervention for people with a surgically repaired distal radius fracture.
Intervention Development And Rationale: The Early Daily Activity (EDA) intervention uses the performance of strategically selected daily activities as the primary rehabilitative strategy. Occupation-based interventions are recommended for hand injury rehabilitation but are often poorly described and lack explicit theoretical underpinnings.
Background: Support workers are central to the delivery of residential aged care, but the workforce is facing increasing work demands and widespread shortages. This contributes to high rates of burnout, decreased job satisfaction and high staff turnover. Peer-led interventions are reported to be effective but it is necessary to use evidence-based interventions to support this key workforce group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the experiences of participants during a six-month, post-stroke telerehabilitation programme.
Design: A qualitative descriptive study to investigate participant experiences of ACTIV (Augmented Community Telerehabilitation Intervention), a six-month tailored exercise programme delivered by physiotherapists primarily using readily accessible telecommunication technology. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were used to collect data, which were analysed using thematic analysis.