...Erin King; Alys Young Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of reablement as an outcome-focussed commissioning model within the English domiciliary care market from the perspective of two private domiciliary care agency (PDCA) managers/owners within one local authority...

...Paul Slater; Felicity Hasson As part of standard practice, expert occupational therapists completed a functional assessment (motor subscale) using a standardised instrument on commencement and conclusion of the reablement programme. Total functional ability scores were calculated at both time...

... directly to the implementation of the DH Section 256 “reablement guidance”. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a qualitative study, based on semi‐structured face‐to‐face interviews in 2002/3, with 42 participants (mean age 81.4 years) using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA...

...Caroline Glendinning; Elizabeth Newbronner Adult social care services are increasingly establishing reablement services as part of their range of home care provision, sometimes alone, sometimes jointly with NHS partners. Typically, home care reablement is a short‐term intervention, often free...