title: Home Help Service Staffs' Descriptions of Their Role in Promoting Everyday Activities Among Older People in Sweden Who Are Dependent on Formal Care.
abstract: The study aimed to explore how home help service staff described their role in improving the abilities of older people, in particular, older women with chronic pain who are dependent on formal care, to perform everyday activities. Three focus group interviews were conducted, and a qualitative inductive thematic content analysis was used. The analysis resulted in one theme: struggling to improve the care recipients' opportunities for independence but being inhibited by complex environmental factors. By encouraging the care recipients to perform everyday activities, the staff perceived themselves to both maintain and improve their care recipients' independence and quality of life. An important goal for society and health care professionals is to improve older people's abilities to "age in place" and to enable them to age independently while maintaining their quality of life. A key resource is home help service staff, and this resource should be utilized in the best possible way.
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Healt, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.|2 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciencies and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.|3 The Unit for Rehabilitation in the municipality of Eskilstuna, Sweden.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cederbom
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Healt, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Charlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thunborg
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Healt, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Denison
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Healt, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Söderlund
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Healt, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Heideken Wågert
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024382:Professional Role; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013548:Sweden
keywords: dependency; focus group interviews; home help service staff; independency; older people; qualitative study; quality of life; rehabilitation; team