title: Setting handicap goals with elderly people: a pilot study of the Life Strengths Interview.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether the Life Strengths Interview (LSI) is a useful clinical framework to identify handicap goals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical case studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two elderly care rehabilitation hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five people, whose ages ranged from 73 to 90 years. All participants were aware of their likely resultant disability, scored 25+ out of a possible 30 with the Mini-Mental State Examination, were able to communicate effectively and were due to be discharged home in approximately one month.
  
  
  METHODS
  Each participant undertook the LSI process with the research occupational therapist.
  
  
  METHODS
  Identified rehabilitation goals and their achievement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Goals were focused around families and other support networks. Six to eight weeks following discharge, achievement of goals varied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This pilot study suggests that the LSI may be a useful clinical framework but further research needs to investigate whether a modified clinical version may be more suitable.
authors.affiliation: Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pomeroy
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Conroy
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values