title: Letting go of an old habit: group leaders' experiences of a client-centred multidisciplinary falls-prevention programme.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It has been suggested that the prevention of disability and falls should be conducted from a client-centred approach, especially when it includes how individuals learn new strategies in everyday life. In addition, programmes for the prevention of falls need to be multi-professional and multidisciplinary in order to be effective. In preventive work with clients, using the approach of client-centredness, the therapists work together with the clients to enable them to achieve occupational goals. There are few studies in fall prevention that have explored group leaders' experiences, i.e., studies that focus on the experiences of group leaders when working from a client-centred approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study aims to explore, by the use of focus-group interviews, the therapists' experiences of being group leaders in a fall-prevention programme that applied the ideas and approaches described above.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis revealed that a change in the role of being a group leader had taken place during the intervention process. Three primary categories pertaining to this process were identified: (i) the group leaders moved between the role of expert and the role of facilitator; the group climate (ii) facilitated the translation of expert knowledge to applied knowledge; and (iii) increased awareness as a prerequisite for change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borell
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jonsson
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007857:Leadership; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010358:Patient Participation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty; D024382:Professional Role; D036301:Qualitative Research