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Outcomes for older people with long-term conditions attending day care services delivered by paid staff or volunteers: a comparative study.
- Source :
- Palliative Care & Social Practice; 1/1/2021, p1-15, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background: Day care services support older people living with long-term conditions (LTC's). Aims: The aims of the study were to determine outcomes in terms of loneliness and health-related quality of life for older people with LTCs attending day care services in the United Kingdom. Methods: Newly referred older people with LTCs to day care services in North West of England and Wales were invited to participate. The EQ-5D-3L and De Jong Loneliness questionnaires were completed at recruitment, 6 and 12 weeks. Results: Ninty-four older people (64% female), age range 65–99 years; mean number of LTCs 4.3 (range: 2–9) were recruited. About 52% lived alone and 36% lived in one of the 20% most deprived local authorities in England and Wales. Outcomes over 12 weeks were comparable for paid, blended, and for volunteer-led services. Conclusion: Following the Covid-19 pandemic, it is increasingly urgent to support older people with LTCs who may have lost physical and cognitive function during lockdown and to support their recovery. Our study suggests that volunteers can provide services and complement the care provided by paid staff, freeing up resources and enabling increasing numbers of older people to be supported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LONELINESS in old age
STATISTICS
ADULT day care
CONFIDENCE intervals
CHRONIC diseases
TIME
ONE-way analysis of variance
HEALTH outcome assessment
MEDICAL care
INTERVIEWING
COMPARATIVE studies
T-test (Statistics)
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHI-squared test
REPEATED measures design
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
LOGISTIC regression analysis
ODDS ratio
DATA analysis software
PALLIATIVE treatment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26323524
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Palliative Care & Social Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154321734
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524211030283